Thoughts and stories, by Pal

Tomorrow, July 6th, 2014, is another Fast and Testimony meeting.  I read an interesting article which gives great ideas on bearing our testimonies.  I hope you enjoy it. Bearing Your Testimony: 5 Powerful Tips KELSEY BERTEAUX -  Sitting in the back of the chapel during Fast and Testimony meeting feels like a safe bet--until we get the spiritual prompting to stand up and bear our testimonies. For several minutes, we struggle with whether or not we really should. We rationalize. We're teaching Gospel Doctrine this week. We just bore our testimony last year, right? We don't have anything special to say. We're scared. Unlike a talk, which is usually  prepared in advance , testimonies are usually given spur of the moment, and that makes them a whole different kind of difficult. But a personal testimony, accompanied by the Spirit, is one of the more powerful teaching tools we have. When we testify of truths, even ineloquently, others' spirits can recognize t