There was an article in the Ensign many years back don't ask me to find it lol it made an impression on me
It contained a father who was talking with a child about baring their testimony on Sunday, he talked about how for years he had cringed when small children had got up and just said I love Jesus and I love my Parents,
His child asked would he like to hear her testimony, she said I love Jesus and I love my parents in the Name of Jesus Christ Amen - he said would she like to say some other things and tried coaching her, she burst into tears and said Daddy you don't like my testimony. He then he realised she didn't know the other things he said, but she did know she loved Jesus and she loved Mummy and Daddy. That was where her testimony was at.
That came in an Ensign about the time I think it was President Hinckely talked about there being no such think as a bad/boring sacrament meeting if we listened with the spirit
Our branch has always been a bit cuckoo lol at the time our testimony meetings were as follows, one Brother got up and told about his prostate, his wife got up and we heard about her market stall, another got up and we got the tales of the brass band for that week, another brother had, had a dream, a sister usually got up and cried for half an hour and we went home lol
Those 2 things combined in the Ensign at the time made me realise it was upto me to feel the spirit, and realise actually those things were were their testimony was at. The General Authorities are encouraging us to grow and learn but until we get to that stage the testimonies given in my funny branch at the time were what the people baring them were able to give
Most of the people that used to bear their testimonies like that are now dead, but the two that are still alive have really grown up their testimonies in the past few years and can actually reduce me to tears (doesn't happen very often) not very well educated people have gained great wisdom in their current trials and their testimonies are now where the Brethern want them to be, Although we could have done without the moral lectures from the serial adulterer but the rest were learning
or a bit off their trolley
-Charley