tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post4162876456525998257..comments2023-12-26T10:22:04.630-05:00Comments on Things of My Soul: Children Bearing Testimonies of the Atonement of Jesus ChristPapa Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-10723197843486490202012-03-19T18:49:42.844-04:002012-03-19T18:49:42.844-04:00I too love the un-coached testimonies of little ch...I too love the un-coached testimonies of little children. Last testimony meeting our almost 6 year old wanted to share her testimony. My wife reminded her that she had to be able to do it on her own. No one else could help her.<br /><br />She replied "I am not worried Heavenly Father will help me" That response melted me and my my wife.<br /><br />Truly out of the mouth of babes.Richard Algerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921970283086332560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-43090841323948595892012-03-18T11:27:21.040-04:002012-03-18T11:27:21.040-04:00Well said, Bonnie. Sometimes, especially with the...Well said, Bonnie. Sometimes, especially with the young and the recent converts, that is the heart of what we can do to love and accept them. Teaching is vitally important, but love and support comes first.Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-38348711127357732442012-03-18T11:25:50.861-04:002012-03-18T11:25:50.861-04:00Amen, larryco. That's the core of the differe...Amen, larryco. That's the core of the different reactions I have in F&T Mtg - the sincerity of the testimony and the focus of the testimony. I'm not a big believer in listing the things that should or must be part of a shared testimony, and I don't like "scripting" at all, but, at the core, Sacrament Meeting is a worship service - and everything in it ought to be Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-55346761416584076302012-03-18T03:44:38.197-04:002012-03-18T03:44:38.197-04:00Papa: At the beginning of your blog you quote 2 N...Papa: At the beginning of your blog you quote 2 NE 25:26. Here we run into a serious problem that I find in F&TM: we have NOT taught our children well enough that Jesus is the source of their salvation and exaltation. A typical child's testimony will consist of the lyrical refrain:<br /><br />I'd like to bear my testimony<br />I know the Church is true,<br />I love my mom and dad<larryco_noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-87239942708408380282012-03-17T15:23:09.929-04:002012-03-17T15:23:09.929-04:00I love F&TM too, for many of the same reasons ...I love F&TM too, for many of the same reasons you list. I study the gospel on my own, and I can't remember the last time I learned a fact in church I didn't already know. That's not why I go. I go to become a better person by being with better people and trying to help and encourage. Sometimes we do that by sitting in our seats and smiling at someone who needs to see someone Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04191017963027895446noreply@blogger.com