“Go Mom, Go Now”

Often on fast Sunday I feel the need to bear my testimony. But month after month I sit and enjoy the testimonies of others, knowing that if I stand I will start to cry even before I begin to speak.

One particular month, my two-year-old became restless during our meeting. I didn’t want to leave the chapel, so I took him to the back, where I tried to rock him to sleep. But he was not tired. He watched the other people bear their testimonies then asked, “Can I do that, Mom?” I didn’t answer him, so as soon as there was a break in the testimonies, he said, “Go, Mom. Go now.”

He was so insistent and firm that I responded to his urgings and carried him to the microphone. Once there, he was too shy to speak himself, but he had helped me overcome my own fear. He had brought me to the pulpit so I could share my deep feelings about the gospel. As I finished I realized that my small son may have had as great a need to hear my testimony as I had had to bear it.

I have since realized that children are as sensitive to the Spirit as adults are. And I am grateful that my son was enough in tune that day to add his promptings to those of the Spirit in urging me to bear witness of the most important truths in my life. Julie Combs, Albuquerque, New Mexico