Learned about the true God from her parents. ⁣

Saw miracles. ⁣

Gained a strong testimony of prophets who can speak the will of the Lord. ⁣

Captured by the Syrians. ⁣

Carried away to a strange land, surrounded by an unfamiliar people, unsure if she’d ever see her family and friends again. ⁣

Told that she’d be serving an important woman. ⁣

One day, she hears this woman talking about her husband. He’s come down with a sickness. Leprosy! ⁣

This young maid knows exactly what she would do on that situation. ⁣

“She said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.” (2 Kings 5:3)⁣

A simple testimony of the real priesthood power of prophets. ⁣

A simple display of faith in miracles. ⁣

That’s all she did. ⁣

She just said something small. Something she knew to be true. Something hopeful. ⁣

Something that was out of the ordinary in a strange land, but something that was familiar to her. ⁣

This little testimony was communicated to the great captain, who immediately acted and went to find a prophet in Israel, leading to a powerful miracle and conversion. ⁣

Susan H. Porter taught that salt is a small, common, and cheap ingredient. ⁣

And yet a meal with salt tastes dramatically better than one without any salt. ⁣

“Naaman would not have even been at Elisha’s door without ‘a little maid.’⁣

“You may be young or feel of no importance, but you can be as salt in your family, at school, and in your community.” ⁣

We don’t have to be the spicy hot sauce, show-stopping guacamole, or brilliant bbq sauce to make a difference. ⁣

I’ve watched enough cooking competition shows to know that no matter what flashy or impressive elements you add to your dish, the humble ingredient of salt can never be replaced. ⁣

Small, simple testimonies change eternal destinies. ⁣

A small maid’s testimony changed Naaman’s life. ⁣

Whose lives can you change with yours?

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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Do you remember when he asked the youth in a devotional to do a 7-day social media fast? (June 2018)

Do you remember when he invited the whole church to #givethanks on social media each day for a week? (November 2020)

Do you remember when he encouraged us to end a personal conflict by Easter? (April 2022)

Well how about…

Do you remember when he pleaded with us to repent daily? (April 2019)

Do you remember when he called on us to implement extraordinary measures to strengthen our spiritual foundations? (October 2021)

Do you remember when he invited the women of the church to fully participate in Relief Society? (October 2018)

Do you remember when he encouraged us to increase our spiritual capacity to receive revelation? (April 2018)

Now, maybe you do remember these things, and maybe you don’t.

But if there’s ever been a recent prophet who has asked us to make dramatic or public sacrifices or commitments, it’s President Nelson!

Every talk he gives, I sit there with a pen in my hand ready to see what big challenge he’s going to give us next.

But is that excitement for the “big stuff” overpowering the less flashy pleas he’s also made?

Because looking at my list, repenting daily, increasing my capacity for personal revelation, and strengthening my spiritual foundation seem essential.

I’ve remembered some of these, but I’ve honestly forgotten about others.

“My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?” (2 Kings 5:13)

Are we willing to do the big things AND the small things that the prophet asks?

Would we have built the ark with Noah AND repented of our sins?

Would we have gotten in the barges with the brother of Jared AND worked to increase our faith?

Would we have crossed the plains in a covered wagon with only a few possessions AND read the scriptures daily?

Because it’s not really the prophet inviting us to do these things, right?

He’s the Lord’s mouthpiece.

Sometimes the Lord needs big, dramatic changes and miracles.

But more often, He needs the quiet, consistent, daily efforts from our heart.

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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Learned about the true God from her parents.

Saw miracles.

Gained a strong testimony of prophets who can speak the will of the Lord.

Captured by the Syrians.

Carried away to a strange land, surrounded by an unfamiliar people, unsure if she’d ever see her family and friends again.

Told that she’d be serving an important woman.

One day, she hears this woman talking about her husband. He’s come down with a sickness. Leprosy!

This young maid knows exactly what she would do on that situation.

“She said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.” (2 Kings 5:3)

A simple testimony of the real priesthood power of prophets.

A simple display of faith in miracles.

That’s all she did.

She just said something small. Something she knew to be true. Something hopeful.

Something that was out of the ordinary in a strange land, but something that was familiar to her.

This little testimony was communicated to the great captain, who immediately acted and went to find a prophet in Israel, leading to a powerful miracle and conversion.

Susan H. Porter taught that salt is a small, common, and cheap ingredient.

And yet a meal with salt tastes dramatically better than one without any salt.

“Naaman would not have even been at Elisha’s door without ‘a little maid.’

“You may be young or feel of no importance, but you can be as salt in your family, at school, and in your community.”

We don’t have to be the spicy hot sauce, show-stopping guacamole, or brilliant bbq sauce to make a difference.

I’ve watched enough cooking competition shows to know that no matter what flashy or impressive elements you add to your dish, the humble ingredient of salt can never be replaced.

Small, simple testimonies change eternal destinies.

A small maid’s testimony changed Naaman’s life.

Whose lives can you change with yours? 

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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