I learned from this book and it was helpful and strengthening. Bruce and Marie Hafen propose that a testimony starts with simplicity then at some point a person faces complexity, but if they will endure and remain faithful during their season of complexity, there will again be a period of peace and simplicity on the other side of complexity. Great truths and quotes below:
When our faith is based on trust and not on certain expected blessings, we can endure any trial. We don’t know if, when, or how He will deliver us in the short term, but when we meekly yield to Him our noncontingent trust, he will always deliver us in the long term. (pg. 124)
Our hearts go out to those whose faith becomes unsettled by information or people or experiences that seem to cast doubt on their previous beliefs. Encountering surprises and uncertainties is actually part of faith’s natural growth process. Working through such opposition is the only way to develop authentic, well-tested spiritual maturity. True faith is not blind, or deaf, or dumb. True faith sees, and overcomes, her adversary. (pg. 6)
We need to do a better job of introducing our children, young people, new converts, and others to the process of learning how to deal productively with complexity. (pg. 20)
Their problem is not that they know too much about Church history, but that they don’t know nearly enough. And they have been conditioned by the oversimplifications of social media to expect a short answer to any question. They often aren’t interested in a long answer to anything—even if the true, complete story is very complex. (pg. 33)
When our living becomes rooted in our relationship with the Divine, the chaos and confusion that form the crossfire of complexity give way to a hush that is created for us by the Creator Himself. (pg. 129)
The process of becoming Christlike is more about acquiring skills than it is about learning facts and figures. When we begin to live as He does, we will begin to know Him. (pgs. 74, 77)
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