in today's world we must provide quiet, reflective times for our children and teach them how to listen to the still, small voice. with all the blessings our modern age has given to us, let us not give up the things that promote the workings of the Holy Ghost: time alone to pray, ponder, meditate, and read the scriptures; and time with family undisturbed by noise, distrations, and too many activities.
~Elder Neil L. Anderson
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This is on my mind because of something Jimmy said yesterday. One of our cats, who we were very fond of, died recently and it's been hard for the kids, but we've tried to use it as a teaching opportunity about Heavenly Father's plan for all living things.
On the way home from church, Jimmy told his dad that he wondered if Will misses us. He got very quiet for a moment, and then told Jim, "The Spirit just whispered to me that Will does miss us."
I think it's worth every bit of effort for us, as parents, to teach our kids how to recognize the Spirit early, so they can start to develop their own relationships with the Lord, seeking out answers and receiving comfort and guidance when they need it. I think that's one of the most critical seeds of testimony--just as important as actually teaching the gospel itself.
how proud you must have been that Jimmy recognized the spirit's comfort. i hope that i am instilling this in my children!
i am sorry about Will. :(
I was proud--pleased he was taking what I taught and running with it. I often think how my job as a mother is to make myself obsolete; if I teach my children all they need to know, they will be temporally, emotionally and spiritually self-sufficient. It's bitter-sweet to contemplate, but more sweet than bitter, when I can see Jimmy's testimony growing like this.
I've watched your kids in action, and I'm sure you're doing an excellent job teaching your kids how to have and strengthen a testimony. Line upon line, right?
Thanks for your condolences.
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