Walls
The other day we talked about building. I was directed to a friends blog yesterday that talked about walls. I liked parts of the analogy. So today I am going to twist it a little. In her blog, she was comparing our testimonies to a wall. We build that wall brick by brick. Then she eluded to the fact that as out testimonies grow, there may be parts of the gospel or church history that we don't feel comfortable with, have a strong testimony of, or just don't understand, then our wall ends up having missing bricks. My friend suggested that we put windows in those holes so that we could look through the wall and see the world around us clearly.
I have mixed feelings about this analogy. I like the idea of having a testimony that is as strong as a wall, but I don't like the idea of it just being a single wall. Walls block people from coming in. I think that our testimonies should be more like the walls and foundation of a house. Some parts of our testimony have windows for others or us to see out of, we are sharing what we have within. Other parts of our testimonies have doors that we open or close based on our comfort level. Sometimes the things behind those doors are sacred to us and there are only certain people we will admit to them. And then there are those rooms of our testimonies that contain libraries of information. We may have read some of the books, but not all of them. Some of the books we share, some we don't. There may be books that we just don't understand and are still studying. What is even more glorious, is that there are books that with the gospel, there may be books that have not even been written yet.
Are you building yours?
I have mixed feelings about this analogy. I like the idea of having a testimony that is as strong as a wall, but I don't like the idea of it just being a single wall. Walls block people from coming in. I think that our testimonies should be more like the walls and foundation of a house. Some parts of our testimony have windows for others or us to see out of, we are sharing what we have within. Other parts of our testimonies have doors that we open or close based on our comfort level. Sometimes the things behind those doors are sacred to us and there are only certain people we will admit to them. And then there are those rooms of our testimonies that contain libraries of information. We may have read some of the books, but not all of them. Some of the books we share, some we don't. There may be books that we just don't understand and are still studying. What is even more glorious, is that there are books that with the gospel, there may be books that have not even been written yet.
Are you building yours?
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