Testimony as a Process

My thoughts on Elder Godoy's talk "Testimony as a Process"

Here it is months after I gave this talk as a lesson in our Family Home Evening and now I'm beating myself up because it was a darn good lesson. I had some great points I touched on. Oh, well. I guess I have to start over and refresh my mind.

"President Packer continues: 'The spirit does not get our attention by shouting or shaking us with a heavy hand. Rather it whispers. it caresses so gently that if we are preoccupied we may not feel it at all...'"

AMEN!

We have to sit and ponder on our testimony. We have to have quiet moments every now and then so that we can hear those whipserings. So hard to do when you are in the midst of raising a family. We must seek those times out and desire to have those moments, for sometimes they are just moments.

"Great events are not a guarantee that our testimony will be strong. Laman and Lemuel are good examples of this."

Oh, how I wish that something "dramatic" would happen to one of my sons. I want him to be humbled and have something compel him to repent and behave. But I'm offen reminded that it is drip by drip that our spiritual testimony bucket is filled. It is easier to carry that way--one drop at a time as we build up our endurance to lift it and use it. I have to remember this, i have to.