Bearing testimony

When was the last time you bore your testimony out loud?⁣

Are you a get-up-every-fast-and-testimony-meeting type of person?⁣

Or only-in-smaller-settings? ⁣

Or only-in-the-family? ⁣

Or… rarely at all?⁣

I don’t usually bear my testimony in formal settings. ⁣

And sometimes, I’ve felt like I’ve fallen short for not bearing my testimony at every formal chance I get. ⁣

But I’ve slowly expanded what I understand it means to bear my testimony. ⁣

It doesn’t need to mean verbalizing an extensive talk where I testify in perfect wording about every single thing that I believe or know. ⁣

A testimony is often just a quiet witness of a truth that I know by the Spirit. ⁣

It can be in a casual setting. ⁣

It can be unplanned.⁣

It can be in the context of living my real life.⁣

It can be short and incomplete. ⁣

As the group of men traveling from Missouri back to Ohio met up with their friends headed in the opposite direction, they bore testimonies together.⁣

The Lord told them In Doctrine and Covenants 62:3: ⁣

“Ye are blessed, for the testimony which ye have borne is recorded in heaven for the angels to look upon; and they rejoice over you, and your sins are forgiven you.”⁣

Every time I say a simple truth, I am bearing my testimony. ⁣

When my daughter is playing and I remind her: “Jesus loves you!”⁣

That’s bearing my testimony. ⁣

When I tell my friend that I’m actually not worried about certain outside circumstances because I feel peace from believing in Jesus Christ…⁣

That’s bearing my testimony. ⁣

When I write down in my journal where I saw the hand of God in my life today…⁣

That’s bearing my testimony to future self. ⁣

I’m not sure exactly what gets recorded in the great Book of Life, but I know that my life has been richly blessed when I make an effort to insert bits of testimony into my day. ⁣

To not shy away from mentioning Jesus’ name or stating what I really believe. ⁣

A quiet witness of a single truth that I know. ⁣

“You bear your testimony when you share spiritual feelings with others.” – Gary E. Stevenson

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black