Susan and I had an interesting discussion tonight.  It began when we were trying to anticipate a lesson we're going to teach in class. We began reading the lesson diligently; suddenly we asked ourselves what we believed, personally.

We are supposed to teach the concept that God is our Heavenly Father.  I asked Susan how she knew God was her Father.  How so I know that!  We have two kids who are asking themselves this same question.  I finally answered Susan that I knew God was my Father first because the scriptures testify that He really is our Father.  1 John 3:1-3 says "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see him as he is."

When Anne died I was devastated.  So was Susan.  There was no way to face the reality that she was gone without believing in God our Father.  we reached a level in our prayers that we had hitherto not known.  Since that time we have had communications with her from the Spirit World.  Like Joseph Smith we KNOW.  And we know that God knows that we know,

So that's where it begins.  The scriptures teach us what is right, and then our own personal experience with the Holy Spirit confirms the truth.