WHAT IS AN EFFECTIVE TESTIMONY?

Today i am confronted by a question that leaves me really thinking about stories of God. His story is my history, my life's story, actually...

If i am to just talk casually of God, say, with a friend, or someone interested enough; or to someone too curious to ask me upfront how i view life, i could say it would be easy. But to speak to a church congregation on a Christmas worship celebration is really something else. Instantly, a lot of questions start to hover in my mind. Too many what if's, buts, what will i say(?) played mentally over and over within me. And why not? God has done so many marvelous things in my life, big and small at that. Some of which maybe unremarkable to many while others may bring impact to only a few. Regardless, i am clueless as to what specific work of God in my life would He want me to share with the church. Why can't i find one now when i have a handful, so to speak...I can only suppose that maybe, just maybe, it's not the right time yet. Again, maybe, right now, He's still preparing my testimony and He's not done yet. Whatever, i firmly believe God always saves the best for later. Yes, maybe later, but that doesn't mean it would come really late for His time is, as always, perfect.

Meanwhile, i shall wait for that perfect time with an expectant and excited heart...and why wouldn't i when i know and certain that His story is my history. It is what He does in me.