We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.
Miracles such as these are hard for me to believe at times and even harder to comprehend. I have had little experience with the supernatural, and so I often rely on those around me that seem to be credible witnesses. Still, I have had enough direct experience with prophecy and personal revelation that I will not, in all fairness, rule the others out.
At times I remember dreams that have foretold a moment in my life with incredible clarity. Some of these dreams are as recent as the night before but often I don’t get a confirmation of these rudiments of prophecy for years. It does not happen so often that I have come to regard all of my dreams as somehow prophetic. But I am struck with a moment at least a few times a month where I think, “Ah-ha, here is where that dream pointed.” It is too rare and fleeting for me to find these moments particularly useful, but their clarity and accuracy is proof to me that supernatural experience can’t be ignored.
Revelation is the other area for which I have a personal testimony. When I was young and was going somewhere inappropriate, I would feel a physical tug to change my direction. I also remember several times when I was unprepared for a challenge life threw at me, that I was either literally held up or directed from an external source to meet the challenge. It was only after joining the LDS faith that I began to understand these times as leadings of the spirit. As I’ve matured as a Christian, I have tried to learn to be more sensitive to the still small voice of the Holy Ghost. Revelations of this nature have been few and far between, but, as with my experience with prophecy, they come as moments of clarity and accuracy that I cannot ascribe to my own fragile, finite, imperfect, and all too human mind.
I know and trust people who have experienced both the gift of tongues and supernatural healing. As for visions and the interpretation of tongues, I have only read about them and consider the witnesses credible. The ‘so forth’ in this statement leaves me wondering what other miracles I leave out or discount because I haven’t witnessed them myself. Out of faith, I try to remain teachable about those things that speak of a world beyond our material one.
Latter Day Sinner 