Sunday Thoughts
I have to say that I do love the Sabbath. I enjoy recommitting myself to a new week. I love that our Father in Heaven allows for our imperfections. The plan that he designed gives me so much hope. I love that my cares of the world can take a rest on the Sabbath. I love that despite the rush of getting ready for church,{which sometimes involves yelling, I am working on this}I get to enjoy my children in a totally different way than on other days of the week. I'm not sure how to describe it,but when you take away all the electronics and rough housing and try to devote the time you spend in quiet activities that invite the spirit and conversation, it just changes the Day.
My friend Suzi taught RS today. She taught about righteous traditions{Cheryl Lant's talk from Conference} As she talked I thought of all the righteous tradition my family had. We had allot. One part of the talk said that these traditions don't always just come, you have to make these traditions happen. It takes quite a bit of effort. I thought about my parents and how grateful I am to them for their diligence.Here are a few of the righteous traditions they taught me.
Prayer on the Food
Morning and evening family prayer
Teaching individual prayer
Family Home Evening
Serving in the Church
Family Scripture Study
Eating dinner together
Willing to set up and clean up at different activities, with out being asked
Dedicated Home and Visiting teachers
Moving who ever needed help even if this meant packing and cleaning for them, with a smile and no bad feelings
Not judging others
Letting people come to our house, when they needed a lift no matter what was going on
Making our house a home for all
Having awesome parties with lots of friends
Making Food Storage a priority
Canning, freezing, dehydrating{remember the onions} and bread making
Appreciating God's beautiful world through painting and admiring them
Making church and God a priority, before anything else
Teaching and Maintaining the teaching of ,Where we came from, Why we are here, and Where we are going.
Laughter and Jokes
Christ like Love and devotion to family
2 comments:
Wow..I hope you mom and dad read your blog tonight..what a tribute to them. I can't believe how many things you listed.......that is why you are so great....you had such good teachers. I hope I have left a list like that for my kids. I love these conference talks and what they teach us..and remind us of. It is a blessing to be a RS teacher and get to read them so closely and think about them.
You forgot fourteen day pickles...
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