It’s Totally OK If Spiritual Experiences Don’t Make You Cry


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This article is more of a public service announcement than anything else, so let's get right down to business. Understanding the language of the Holy Ghost is a challenging thing—especially because he speaks to each person slightly (or extremely) differently. We do know, however, that some of the fruits of the Spirit are "love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, [and] temperance." In other words, the Spirit is very involved with our feelings. Some people might interpret this to mean that when you feel the Spirit, you get emotional, and you oftentimes shed a few tears. But that's not always true. A dangerous assumption Of course, many people cry when they feel the Spirit, and that's great, but it's not a requirement. And there's a danger in assuming that feeling the Spirit should equate with feeling emotional or crying. For example, each and every Latter-day Saint is striving to build a Spirit-based testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel. We want to have spiritual experiences. We want the constant...

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