As Bo’s story goes, recently fall came and the weather changed, so a teacher at school mentioned to Bo that Mother Nature was doing something to bring in the clouds and make it cooler. He has been taught to respect the teacher and pay attention to what is taught. Rather than blow her off or argue with her, he accepted what he was taught and began to spread the knowledge.

Oh, to get rid of skepticism and live like a five-year-old, believing sincerely that the weather can be changed at the drop of a hat . . . by someone called “Brudder Nature”!

Think of how radically our world would change if we could look to trusted sources and simply take them at their word. As we seek the spiritual gift of discernment and develop an ability to trust the confirming and empowering influence of the Holy Ghost, we will know Whom to trust. Could there be a greater comfort in this life than the ability to completely lean on something entirely true?

General conference recently gave each of us that chance. I was reminded by Elder Holland that we can and should take the Book of Mormon at its word.

I was recently stretched to take the Book of Mormon at face value. I thought I had done so all along, but this time I went in totally alert and sensitive anew to things I had read hundreds of times. I allowed myself to imagine as I began to read in Third Nephi:

11:8-16 ". . . they saw a Man descending out of heaven . . . the multitude went forth, and thrust their hands into his side, and did feel the prints of the nails in his hands and in his feet . . . going forth one by one until they had all gone forth . . ."

Chapter 17 . . . I see that your faith is sufficient that I should heal you . . . and He did heal every one as they were brought forth unto Him . . . he wept . . . he wept again . . . they saw angels descending out of heaven as it were in the midst of fire; and they came down and encircled those little ones about . . .

As I considered a line of 2,500 people, as the text reports, going forth one by one, I thought of how long it might have taken to get through the whole group. If the people took one minute each, this line would have taken just over 41 hours . . . in silence.

I also spent a considerable amount of time imagining the swarm of angels encircling those children—my children.

The process of imagining these moments is active and takes energy. Believing that they really happened is life altering. To truly believe that He can heal and that the ministering of angels is a real thing makes life exciting. It gives us something upon which to lean and for which to hope.

I invite you to try it. Take the time to read a passage with new eyes: five-year-old eyes. Having a believing heart will give us new life as we search the scriptures.

Mark Mabry is the photographer and visionary behind the project Reflections of Christ, which was released in fall of 2008. Work from his second project, Another Testament, which takes a glimpse of Christ's visit to the Americas, is now available at DeseretBook.com.