More Testimony Matters

I left out one inspiring story from Institute this week. Miriam is a beautiful young single adult in our class. She was baptized a couple of months ago. During one part of our lesson--knowing spiritual things in our hearts and in our minds--Jim asked Miriam how she had known the gospel was true. She had joined the Church two weeks after meeting the missionaries! She said that as she began to read, gradually she began to understand. Then as she began to understand, she had strong feelings that it was truth. When she knew these things, she went to her family and shared with them (testified). One of the important ways to teach is to get our young people to testify to each other of the spiritual truths they know. This new convert was the perfect example of how testifying brings the spirit to yourself and others! D&C 5:3