Life isn’t fair but Heavenly Father is

I picked up a young man one afternoon in Salt Lake City who was headed up to classes at the University of Utah. He said he was from the Midwest and that he was a Junior. It was the first week of school and he was excited to go to this class for the first time. I knew he wasn’t a member of the church. The spirit was whispering that to me even though he looked like a return missionary with his haircut and the way he dressed. It’s awesome how the spirit will just put that in your mind and if you follow it, you’ll be OK.

I asked him what he was studying and he said that he was pre-med. He said that he had hopes of staying in Utah and going to the University of Utah med school. Then he shook his head and he said, I don’t know, it looks tough.

I asked, “are you talking about this last year’s first year medical students? I saw a picture of them!” He said, yes! In that whole class, there’s not one white male. He said, I hope that the recent Supreme Court decision can make it so that I can go to med school.

On the campus at the University of Utah, they have the signs that say, “racism exists! We are not exempt. If you see it, report it.” I asked him if he’d seen that sign and he said yes. I told him that he should submit a copy of that med school photo to the information provided and report it as racism. We both had a laugh.

He said that the world is so crazy and corrupt these days. He talked about how corrupt everything is and how he doesn’t know what’s going to happen.

I talked to him about the movie, A Bugs Life. I talked to him about how if the people stand up for what’s right, we can have a great effect. I told him that when the people are willing to be true and honorable, they can make great changes in the way these things are going. I told him that was the great message in the movie. He said that he had watched it with his niece just the other day and got the exact same message, that we need to stand up.

I told him that God knew about what was going on. I asked him if he was familiar with the Book of Mormon. He said yes, he had a friend who was a member of the church. He said his friend was a good member of the church and had gone on a mission. He talked about how his friend had given him a Book of Mormon, but that he hadn’t read it.

I asked him if he would let me read a scripture from the Book of Mormon that would describe what we were talking about. I told him it was going to blow his mind. He said yes, that would be awesome.

I pulled up Helaman 7: 4-5 and read it.

4. And seeing the people in a state of such awful wickedness, and those Gadianton robbers filling the judgment-seats—having usurped the power and authority of the land; laying aside the commandments of God, and not in the least aright before him; doing no justice unto the children of men;

5. Condemning the righteous because of their righteousness; letting the guilty and the wicked go unpunished because of their money; and moreover to be held in office at the head of government, to rule and do according to their wills, that they might get gain and glory of the world, and, moreover, that they might the more easily commit adultery, and steal, and kill, and do according to their own wills—

He said, that’s amazing! That is spot on with what’s going on today. I told him that we had been warned that this would happen again in our day, and that the Book of Mormon was written for our day. I told him that this was a warning to us.

He said, they nailed it. I told him that is what prophets do. I told him that God loves all of his children, no matter where they live, and that the way he shows his love is through commandments. I told him that prophets receive these commandments and give them to us. I told him that prophets prophesy so that we can be prepared.

I told him that the prophet that wrote this was an ancient prophet from America and that there have been prophets in America because God loved the people here. I told him that God gave them his word so they could know God’s will. I told him that this prophet wrote it down, so that we could know God’s will.

I went on with the theme of God loves everyone and so he sent his son Jesus Christ to visit the people here in America. I told him that those same prophets had prophesied that he would come here after he was resurrected.

I told him that in Jerusalem he said other sheep I have which are not of this fold and that he was going to visit them.

I asked him if it made sense to him that an all powerful God would send his son to just one part of the world, and he said no.

He said, “I kind of believe that all of the religions seem to have similar points that come from Diety.” He said that it makes a lot of sense that God was working amongst all of his children not just the ones in Jerusalem.

I told him what I had learned from some passengers I had given rides to that were from India, and also an other that was Buddhist. They both told me that their religion started when the son of God came, dwelt among them, and taught them how to live. He said, that makes so much sense.

He said that if everybody had similar beliefs it had to come from the same place. I told him the analogy about the mirror that represents the church of God and that it broke into pieces. People grabbed pieces of that mirror because they loved the mirror and formed churches around that, but nobody had the complete mirror. I told him that this is why Joseph Smith was so important.

I told him Joseph Smith was called as a prophet by God so that he could restore the complete church with all of the teachings, the whole mirror not just pieces.

I told him that the other important thing that Joseph Smith was given was the power and authority from God to speak in his name and do his work.

I told him that when Jesus came to America, he descended from heaven and stood on the steps of the temple. I told him that the people touched the prints of the nails in his hands, and bathed his feet with their tears and asked him to save them. I told him that to fully respond to this Jesus called up 12 and he gave them authority to baptize and commanded that everyone be baptized, even though they had previously been baptized.

I told him that Jesus invited them to a different level, a higher level of discipleship with no more wading around in confusion amongst all the broken pieces of mirror. I told him that now they had the complete mirror.

I told him that the Book of Mormon was really an important part of this because the fullness of the gospel was also contained in the book because it came directly from Jesus Christ. I asked him if he had heard about that, he said yes, from his friend.

I bore my testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. The spirit was really strong in the car. I asked him what he felt in his heart. He thought for a minute and said, joy.

I told him that this was the Spirit of God, and that when he felt this he knew that the things he was hearing were true. I asked him, do you believe what I’m saying is true? He said yes! I don’t have a doubt.

I told him that the invitation that Jesus gave the people to be baptized and assend to that new level was the same invitation that Jesus was extending to him. I told him he needed to be baptized.

I told him by the spirit that he had been struggling in his life with some things and that he had wanted to make a change. I told him that he felt like he was a little trapped and that’s why when I talked about being confused, with the pieces of the mirror, it made so much sense to him. I told him that he wanted to be clean and then he wanted to have a redo on some things.

I told him that he loved being with his friend because of the light his friend had. I told him that he could see that light in his eyes and in his face. He smiled and said, yes. How could you know that?

I told him that, God wanted to bless him and help him and lift him and that is why he sent me. I told him that God puts people in my car and prompts me to say things to them. I told him that he does this by the power of the Holy Ghost, and that was the power we were feeling in the car today.

I told him that the Holy Ghost whispered the things to my heart to say so that he would know that the rest of the things I said were true.

He said, it’s shocking to me. It’s shocking to me the timing of all of this. Before I came today I was praying and telling God that I needed to make a change in my life. I prayed that I needed help to make a course correction, I needed to come closer to him. I had asked him to help me make that change and then you show up. The spirit was really strong in the car. He said, this is overwhelming. He said, the spirit that I feel right now is overwhelming and I’m having a hard time keeping it together.

It was time for him to go to his class but I could tell he didn’t want to go. I asked him to text his friend and tell him about what had happened in the car. He said he would do that. I said his friend would be so happy. I told him to tell his friend that he wanted to be baptized. He said, “that’s exactly what I want so that’s what I’m going to do.”

I said, do you remember when I talked about how Jesus gave the authority and power to the people to baptize? He said yes. I told him that his friend also had that authority to baptize. I told him that his friend could help him all the way with this thing.

He said again this is overwhelming. I can’t believe this is happening, but I’m so happy and I always want to have this feeling. I asked him if he knew the things I had said were true and he said yes. I told him to tell his friend that too. He said he would. He was five minutes late for his class when he got out of the car. He ran to his class.

I know that God prepares people and I love it when I get to be the one to deliver the message like I did that day.