scripture stories . . .

one of my new year's resolution is to be more active about bringing the gospel into my home and teaching my children. during general conference in april 2010 elder eyring said, "Our most important and powerful assignments are in the family. They are important because the family has the opportunity at the start of a child’s life to put feet firmly on the path home. Parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents, aunts and uncles are made more powerful guides and rescuers by the bonds of love that are the very nature of a family. The family has an advantage in the first eight years of a child’s life. In those protected years, because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, Satan’s use of the mists of darkness to hide the path to return home is blocked." i realized that i only have eight precious years to build up a spiritual foundation for my children without satan's interference. ben is three in one month! i need to get serious about teaching them. time is sadly running out. so we have been trying really hard to do family home evening and scripture reading. i think i am getting through . . . maybe . . .

ben's favorite story is the crucifixion because there is a picture of a "big" storm with huge lightning bolts. he says, "there is a big storm, jesus (which sounds a lot like jason) went away and everybody got sad." then he flips the page and says, "then he came back and made everyone happy!" i think i can say he understands the resurrection on the most basic of levels, but i think the storm is still much more interesting.

we read the story of jared the other night. i explained that jared asked heavenly father to touch the stones so they would shine and then they could see inside their dark ships. ben looked at his index finger for a few seconds and then looked up at me and said, "look mommy, touch it!' so i touched his finger and he said, "see its a flashlight!"

oh well, at least we are trying.