I was taught
from a very young age that I lived in Heaven before coming to earth. I was taught that I was (and we all are) a
spirit child of God and that when we are born on this earth, we gain a physical
body that is united with our spirit. The
idea of a pre-existence is something that always rang true to me because I
simply believed what my parents taught me and what I learned at church. Then experiences I have had cemented my
belief that I can honestly say I know that I-you-we all lived in Heaven as
spirit children before we were born. Knowing
these simple truths changes the way I do everything and see everything. It changes the way I act and the choices I
make. The purpose of this entry is to
add my witness that we truly did live in Heaven before coming to this earth.
So, I am
pregnant with our 8th child (10th including our
miscarried sons) and this little girl in my tummy is who I wish to write about
tonight. In 2007 my third child was born,
making it one daughter and 2 sons for us.
My Mom came to help with him after his birth. While she was visiting, she had a very
distinct dream of a future daughter of ours. Since that day over a decade ago, our family
has had numerous dreams and other very special sacred experiences with this
little girl. Each pregnancy has been a
boy, but I always knew she would come (but, I am so grateful that her 5 brothers
(one miscarried) came exactly when they did, despite wanting her very much to
come).
My oldest daughter
in particular has had many special experiences with her sister and after one
particular dream (Nov 2012) she told me that her sister’s name had a “z” sound
in it, but she couldn’t remember the exact name. My husband and I were both like, “No, we will
name her, but thank you.” I had always
liked the name Camille and had always thought of this girl as Camille. Shortly after my daughter’s dream, I could
feel this precious unborn spirit daughter with me. I could not see her, but could just feel overwhelming
peace and love that she was beside me, wanting to hold my hand (spirit to
spirit). In my mind I could hear her
tell me very clearly that although Camille was a pretty name, she wanted to be named
Susanna (which definitely has a “z” sound in it). So since that day, she has been Susanna to
us!
I absolutely
positively know that Susanna’s spirit existed well before she was conceived as
the Lord allowed us numerous experiences with His precious spirit daughter,
Susanna (probably because He knew I needed so many if I was going to agree to
have so many children!) I have also been
blessed with several friends who have had similar experiences that I have had
and it offers further witness to me that we lived in Heaven before coming to
earth. I feel like my life has been
immensely blessed with the knowledge of a pre-existence. I know someone reading this may have a hard
time believing this concept as it may be so foreign to them. If you are one of those people, don’t take my
word for it, pray and ask Heavenly Father if you are His spirit son or daughter
who lived in Heaven before coming to earth.
I truly believe that this knowledge will make your life more fulfilling.
