A Very Needed Devotional

Ever since beginning BYU, I have not really liked my Book of Mormon class.  I'm not fond of the idea of being graded and tested on material in the Book.  Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy learning the facts and additional information that our professor gives us, but I feel that once we are tested on the material (for me) it turns what should be a spiritual matter into a stressful matter.  I had been having a hard time getting over that fact before President Thomas S. Monson came to give a Tuesday devotional.  For part of his talk he spoke on the importance of the Book of Mormon.  He started off the topic by saying, "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a spiritual experience."  That really got me to start thinking that even though I don't prefer the stressfulness of the class, I really appreciate the additional knowledge and insight that I am gaining.  President Monson told a story of a man who got a doctorate degree at Standford or Harvard and was a highly successful individual in the corporate world. The man had attended BYU and said that a student might use the things they learned in their major once a year, but they will use their knowledge of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon every day.