The knowledge that a person cannot be shaken from, that which they know “independent of any other person” is what I would say they “actually know.” It will not be swayed by the tides of popular opinion or shaken if specific other trusted people begin to disbelieve it. This is the category of Joseph’s first vision. His life was easier because his family believed and supported him but if they had all turned against him for it he might have questioned the Lord about why nobody else believed him but he would not have questioned his experience.
I may wonder sometimes if Heavenly Father has plans to make any use of me but I have no doubt that He has a plan which opens the way for my salvation through the Atonement wrought by my loving brother Jesus. I have put that premise under examination from various angles to see if I am missing anything and the whole world falls apart in my mind before that premise can be shaken.
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