Welcome to my blog!

My name is Danielle Jones and I am a freshman at Brigham Young University in beautiful Provo, Utah. I am originally from Alpine, Utah (which is just a hop, and skip, and a boat ride away from Provo), and I have been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints my entire life. I have two parents, obviously, and three siblings. I enjoy singing, playing my guitar, cooking, and running in my spare time.

I started this blog for three reasons: the first is because it is an assignment. Give me a break, I am in college after all! The second is to deepen my own understanding of the atonement, the Book of Mormon, and God's hand in my every day life. The third is that I hope that this blog will touch somebody, and help them feel God's love. We are all sons and daughters of God. We just need a reminder from time to time because we are all imperfect. He loves us, and anxiously waits for us to recognize the tender mercies he places throughout our day.

This blog has two different types of posts, discoveries, and tender mercies. The first type is the things I discover while reading the Book of Mormon, and a record of the insights I learn while in class. The second part is where I will post about the times where I notice God's hand in my life, or in the lives of the people around me. I am very excited to share my experiences with all of you!

I hope that by reading this blog, that you will realize that you are not alone, and that God is constantly watching out for you. God loves you. I challenge you to spend time every day looking for the tender mercies that God grants you. Soon you will be able to feel how much God loves you. I bear testimony that God lives, and that through his son, Jesus Christ, we can be saved. I am so grateful for Christ, my elder brother, because he has done so much for me. It is amazing to think that someone loves you enough to suffer and die for you. Christ doesn't care that I am not perfect, because he has made it possible for me to be saved anyway.

I also want to testify about the Book of Mormon. This book is true, and if you choose to let it, it will change your life. I have felt God's love for me while I read this book, and I have seen this book soften the hearts of people around me. I hope that through this blog, I can help some of God's children gain a deeper understanding of the book. Christ lives, and through this book, we can learn how to return to him again.