Your Little Ones Do Understand

For FHE this past week, we did our lesson on Gratefulness. We had our song, prayer, scripture, and then lesson. For the lesson, Bo and I shared something we were grateful for. Then we asked Nay what she was grateful for. She didn't get what we had asked of her, so Bo and I continued to share things we were grateful for. I feel that if I my kids feel the Spirit, the lesson isn't a total bust. But we soon realized, Laneah did get our lesson! (It just took some time) Every night since, for our family scripture study, Laneah would stick in a little plug about something new she was grateful for! It made us so happy!  I am so glad that she was not only able to feel the Spirit but that she DID learn from the lesson I had prepared :)

Word of Wisdom FHE Lesson Plan

               Word Of Wisdom

Song: Children’s Songbook 153 “The Lord Gave Me A Temple”

Prayer:

Scripture: D&C 89:18-21

Lesson: Tell the story of how Daniel refuses the King’s meat and 

wine (Daniel 1)

Activity: Show pictures of do’s and don’ts dealing with the Word 

of Wisdom (i.e. don’t drink coffee, do exercise)

Treat: Have a healthy snack as a family J

Disclaimer: With having little kiddos, I make lesson plans with only an opening song and prayer, it seems to fit their attention spans well :)

Our FHE Lesson: Hope

We showed the kids the video "A Mother's Hope" on mormonchannel.org Then we talked about Hope more in depth for Bo and I.

I had always understood Hope with "A hint of uncertainty" (Neil A Maxwell) I had always felt it was things like: I hope this snow stops or I hope this day gets better. But apparently it has a different meaning in the gospel: "When we have Hope, we trust God's promises. We have a quiet assurance that if we do 'the works of righteousness,' we 'shall receive our reward, even peace in this world, and eternal life in the world to come.'" (Neil A Maxwell)

This made me feel good because it made me realize I do have hope. I know that God will keep His promises if I keep mine. It also renewed my vigor to try harder because I know wonderful things await me if I do what's right.