A couple weeks ago, Preston Weekes was speaking in Sacrament meeting and talking about testimony. This is the analogy he made.
When you get a pet, what do you need to do to take care of it?
You have to feed it and give it water everyday. It is helpful if you play with it, and give it exercise. Take it to the vet to get check-ups and shots and things it needs to be healthy. Make it a part of your life. If you don't feed it, it will eventually die.
When you get a testimony, what do you need to do to take care of it?
You have to feed it daily. You need to give it exercise and make it part of your life. If you aren't doing something for it everyday, it cannot grow and progress as it should. You should check on it frequently to make sure it is growing and progressing.
Because of Alma 32:26-43, I have frequently compared faith or testimony to a seed, but I hadn't really thought much about how similar it is to caring for a pet or a living thing. This helps to clarify for me, the need for daily nourishing of testimony.
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