Teenage Joseph Smith was a Teenager
February 01st, 2025 by G.
The mothers in Zion are away ahead of me on this, but there are a couple of aspects to Joseph Smith History that strike me as very authentic teenager, not something made up later by a grown up maen (BTW, some people say the ‘teenager’ was invented in the 20th Century. No.)
The first is Joseph coming home after his vision and not telling anyone. Then his Mom asks him if he’s ok and he says he’s fine, and then informs her that her church is false. That is the very beating heart of authentic 14-year old boyness.
The second is Joseph just going about being a teenage boy for several years, then abruptly deciding its time to have another vision, which he blithely assumes he will get (accurately, as it turns out).
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February 01st, 2025 14:43:12
Dude
February 1, 2025
[cut] The Mormon Church is just a shining example [cut]
Rozy
February 1, 2025
Having raised four boys I can totally see the teenagerness of Joseph! He was so young, and had no experience or knowledge of the world or men or much at all except how to work hard. It’s a testimony to me of the divinity of the Lord’s work that he used a teenage boy to begin the restoration and it didn’t fail. I love Joseph for all his faults and failings–he didn’t lie about anything that happened to him.
(Dude just doesn’t know what he’s talking about.)
Joel
February 1, 2025
28 ¶ And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
This is available to all of us. This is the Testimony of Jesus. If we do not have this, the spirit of revelation, do we truly have a testimony?