Scripture Study

I love our time to study the scriptures as a family!!! When we started scripture study when we first had our son 10 years ago it was short and to the point. It continued that way for some time and then when President Hinckley challenged us all to read the Book of Mormon, we did and it was taking a long time and the kids were getting restles. At about that time I was subbing for Singing time in Primary, which ment I got to bask in the spirit of sharing time. There I witnessed captive 3 and 4 year olds as the primary leaders taught the gospel through the scriptures. It was like these kids were in the scriptures and mesmorised by the stories. It was then that I knew that these women were callled of God and did what he needed them to do. And it was apperent that Heavenly Father had awaken in me a light and a teaching tool that I had been burried. I thought to myself I am going to teach my children the scriptures like that. I went home and as I read the scriptures I asked them questions and the Spirit came to the room almost instantly!!! I wanted to cry tears of joy, for my little roudy broode was now still and listening and had questions of their own. We finished the Book of Mormon and my kids were sad, they wanted to keep reading. I told them that we could and we would!!! I gave them all the option to pick a book to read out of the scriptures and to my suprise they picked the OLD Testament. I thought to my self this is going to be hard, but we are having so much fun with it and all the things we are able to talk about and bear testimony of. It amazes me that we talk about many of the deep doctrinces how much they understand and remember. I know that the Spirit testifys to each of their hearts and that they listen to the quietness of the spirit. Just as the primary song goes "And if I listen with my heart I'll hear the Saviors voice."
Tonight we were reading in the book of Exudus and Moses was explaing the last pluage that would come upon the Eygiptian people if Pharon would not let the Children of Isreal go. Talking about the law of Sacrafice, for many of these people hearing it for the first time. They were to take the first born male sheep and slaughter and eat it, all in a specific way. Then they were to use the blood and paint the door to their home with it, and this would protect them from the destroying angel that would kill all first born sons in Egyept. This was done as a great sacrafice, to a people that had not much, who were slaves. But they had gained faith in the Lord through his Leader Moses. And none of their people were lost. Because they had listened and obeyed Moses, the Prophet. We then talked about what that ment then and what it can mean in our lifes today. The prophets have asked us to obey the word of wisdom and promised if we do we will be healthy. The prophets have asked us to keep our minds clean by not watching bad movies or listening to music that sends the spirit away. When we do this then we have the spirit as a constant guide in our lives. The kids then said Mom the Egpettions did not listen to the prophet and thought that Moses was a "joke" and the next day they were sad because all there frist born were dead. It was amazing to be that a little teaching can go a long ways.
Our Spirits are sent here to have a physical Expereince and if we nurture our Spirit we will become strong.

Sacrafice is the ultimate expereince we must go through time and time again, just as the children of Isreal learned so long ago, we must continue to sacrafice and learn that we may become stronger and ulitmately sacrafice all that we have to know God. To me this is hard at times but as I do it I recivce more strength and courgage to keep on going, I did not say that Sacrafice was easy, or it would not be a sacrafice, But every Sacrifce to become closer to God makes it worth every hard part.

I know that God lives and has given us a plan to follow and we seek out God and learn to love him and follow him our lives will be full of Joy and Happiness.