When someone you love attacks truth,

think celestial and don't question your testimony.

When those moments come, hold fast to what you already know and stand strong until additional knowledge comes. Your testimony is the most precious possession.

Alma taught that we must nourish our testimony with much care. As we do so, it will get root and grow up and bring forth fruit.

Without this, it withers away.

I plead with you to take charge of your testimony. Work for it, own it, care for it, nurture it so that it will grow. You don't chase after your loved ones who feel lost. You stay where you are and you call them. You go to the tree. You stay at the tree. Keep eating the fruit, and with a smile on your face, continue to beckon to those you love and show by example that eating the fruit is a happy thing.

Honestly acknowledge your questions and your concerns, but first and forever fan the flame of your faith. Immerse yourself in the rich reservoir of revelation we have at our fingertips. Is the tree of Christ growing in us?

Are we striving to become new creatures in Him?

Faith and testimony are best fostered in normal and natural ways, one bite at a time, in small and simple moments, in the constant flow of daily living. As you take charge of your testimony and cause it to grow, you will become a more potent instrument in the hands of the Lord. You’ll be inspired by a better cause— the cause of Jesus Christ.