Last week in Primary I was supposed to share a lesson with my 6 year olds about how "Jesus Said to Love Everyone". Rather than drone on about stories that my class has historically not enjoyed, of late I have ended up winging the lesson. Not to put the parents into a state of worry, let me clarify. We certainly study the scriptures and learn of God, but not in the recommended fashion. See, we actually open up the scriptures, and devote most of the class to direct scripture. Yes, they are only six. But they seem to love it a lot more than the stories in the pink manual that really don't edify.
This past week we focused on this verse:
Does Jesus mess around, when he talks? Does he insert twists and half truths, or is it ALL truth?
I reaffirmed in this class that Christ is God, the source of ALL truth. We discussed what LIGHT is. What is light?
We turned off the lights. We turned them on again. We talked about the sun, and how the earth circles around it. We talked about how without the sun, there would be no life. The plants would not grow, for without the sun, photosynthesis would not take place. (Ok, didn't use that big word!) Gardens would not grow, we would not see one another. We talked about the darkness that preceded Christ's visit to these people, and how after all the destruction, the tempests, the whirlwinds, the earthquakes, the cities being raised up and buried by ocean waters, how there was NO light for three days. The light and the life of the world was removed, symbolically and literally. Three days of utter and complete darkness. I wonder if the Holy Spirit was permitted to remain with those righteous, or if all influence of God departed. There was certainly a great amount of weeping and wailing.
Think about it. Electricity is energy. The sun emits energy, constantly. Without the sun's radiance, we would have no life. No purity, no cleansing, no fire. The breath we take, every moment, every unconscious, unthinking second, every breath comes from God. Christ is the center of it all. Without him, we have no life. He is within us, and without our spirit's connection to his, we would be nothing, for when his influence on our body leaves, it is left but a carcass. Christ is the life of the world.
It was a very enlightening class. I was touched to hear one of the children's mothers report on Facebook that her son (in my class) was excited to see a bright light in the sky and thought it was Jesus coming. I always wonder the same, and wonder when it'll happen. Hoping I'm ready, but realizing that I'm not there yet. Thank Jesus for an atonement.
~Jen<3
This past week we focused on this verse:
"And behold, I am the light and the life of the world..."taken from 3 Nephi 11:11. (Angel numbers there.)
Does Jesus mess around, when he talks? Does he insert twists and half truths, or is it ALL truth?
I reaffirmed in this class that Christ is God, the source of ALL truth. We discussed what LIGHT is. What is light?
We turned off the lights. We turned them on again. We talked about the sun, and how the earth circles around it. We talked about how without the sun, there would be no life. The plants would not grow, for without the sun, photosynthesis would not take place. (Ok, didn't use that big word!) Gardens would not grow, we would not see one another. We talked about the darkness that preceded Christ's visit to these people, and how after all the destruction, the tempests, the whirlwinds, the earthquakes, the cities being raised up and buried by ocean waters, how there was NO light for three days. The light and the life of the world was removed, symbolically and literally. Three days of utter and complete darkness. I wonder if the Holy Spirit was permitted to remain with those righteous, or if all influence of God departed. There was certainly a great amount of weeping and wailing.
Think about it. Electricity is energy. The sun emits energy, constantly. Without the sun's radiance, we would have no life. No purity, no cleansing, no fire. The breath we take, every moment, every unconscious, unthinking second, every breath comes from God. Christ is the center of it all. Without him, we have no life. He is within us, and without our spirit's connection to his, we would be nothing, for when his influence on our body leaves, it is left but a carcass. Christ is the life of the world.
It was a very enlightening class. I was touched to hear one of the children's mothers report on Facebook that her son (in my class) was excited to see a bright light in the sky and thought it was Jesus coming. I always wonder the same, and wonder when it'll happen. Hoping I'm ready, but realizing that I'm not there yet. Thank Jesus for an atonement.
~Jen<3
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