(I figured out what ama stands for!—A Man Amicable. )

First of all, I can only imagine the pain you must feel and anger you may even feel towards the driver. Although I have never been through this experience, I can somewhat empathize because I’ve had some very trying experiences in my life as well.

My advice to you is to talk to your Heavenly Father. In the Book of Mormon, a prophet named Alma says how we should pray to God and I’ve found it to be true in my own life. Pray for strength over temptation, adversity, and for your well-being. Jesus taught us in the Bible to pray for our enemies. Therefore, pray for the man who hit your daughter. Jesus also took upon himself our sins and adversities. Above all, you should turn over your hurt to the Lord. Ask him to remove it from you and make your burden light. I promise as you do this, the Lord with draw near to you and comfort you and you will feel closer to Him.

Thanks for the question. I’ve updated the reference on the page, but it is found in: History of the Church, 5:498–99. There is a 7 volume “History of the Church” for LDS that has very extensive sermons and revelations given by Joseph Smith. It’s been a long time since I read them and I’ll have to dust them off again because there is some good stuff in there.

Can you tell me where I might find your quote of Joseph Smith in your post above? Some publication or some place online?
I love it.
Have a great day in our Lord!

Blessings to you as well!

Amen to your comments my brother! Come by and leave your testimony anytime!

I understand that it can be hard to swallow the story that God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to a 14 year old boy in 1820. To anyone who isn’t Mormon, that is outlandish, and impossible. Why would God do that?

But as Christians we believe a lot of things that, to the rest of the world, are outlandish and impossible. We believe that God allowed Moses to part the red sea and that He provided mana from the sky. We believe that when the Israelites looked at the brazen serpent, they were healed. And we believe that David slew Goliath. Now, maybe some people could say those things were coincidences or stories that have been embellished. But I believe them to be true.

All Christians believe that the Son of God was born to a virgin and that He walked on water, turned water to wine, healed the sick and raised the dead. To anyone who’s not a Christian, those are outlandish and impossible claims.

But our beliefs don’t stop there, Christians believe that that same man, took upon himself our sins, our pains, our afflictions and our infirmities. And only after He had done this, he was tortured, mocked and killed by those he was saving. And all Christians truly believe that 3 days later he conquered death, so that EVERYONE, not just those who believe Him, will be able to conquer death as well.

If I can believe all of that, I can and do believe that in 1820 the Heavens opened and God spoke to a 14 year old boy. Amos 3:7 says, “Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but He revealeth his secret unto His servants the prophets.”

No one is trying to belittle the importance or the sacred nature of the Bible; or those inspired prophets who wrote it. Or the Savior himself who established his church while he walked the earth and called Apostles.

But it is my testimony that God loves us enough to continue to give us the guidance that we need in the same way He has always done so. It is my testimony that God continues to call prophets today to lead His people. Many people find it hard to believe that God would continue to call prophets today, but I find it hard to believe that He would stop. God called prophets to lead His people for thousands of years, why would He not do so now?

Thank you for your prayers and questions. I’m sure God will bless you and those close to you for your sincere thirst for knowledge and truth.

Side Note: The scripture that Aaron referenced is John 10:16 “And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.”

You are a rare person to see common ground between the LDS and non-LDS Christians. I’ve been looking for someone like you for a long time. I’d like to know more about what you believe and how our heavenly Father brought you to your current level of revelation.

Blessings, Cal