We have been trying to do an extended FHE the first Monday of each month. In the past four months or so we have gotten to do it twice – not too bad. Well, I was in charge of the lesson last night. It is quite a tricky task to do a lesson for children ages as young as 3 all the way to adults. I did my best and it was a bit crazy…but all in all I hope the general idea of the lesson was passed along. I did have a little more that I did not get to share that I found to be quite thought provoking and profound.
The topic of the lesson was “Heavenly Father loves me and has a plan for me.” This year we are going to try and do the lesson for the following Sunday for FHE so the kids have a review at church rather than just hearing these things for the first time there. We had some little activities and games, but there was a talk that I read in my Eternal Marriage Student Manual that really hit home for me.
“The Family” by Elder Henry B. Eyring in 1995. “We must have the goal not just in our minds, but in our hearts. What we want is eternal life in families. We don’t just want it if that is what works out, nor do we want something approaching eternal life. We want eternal life, whatever its cost in effort, pain, and sacrifice. Whenever we are tempted to make eternal life our hope instead of our determination…There is only one place where there will be families – the highest degree of the celestial kingdom. That is where we will want to be.” It really hit home when he talked about making eternal life with families our determination instead of our hope. We need to be active in our righteousness and doing things to draw us closer to our eternal family to live with Him again.
2 comments:
You did such a great job at FHE that night. And I definitely think the kids got more out of it than you think they did. Thanks for doing that. Shell's turn is next!!
It was really nice Meg, you did a great job. So I need to know what topics I am doing.
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