Tonight we attempted family home evening. For those unfamiliar, this one night a week event is where the family gets together to share music, lessons, games and treats in an effort to strengthen family and testimony.
Elias choose the song - Eensy, Weensy Spider. And Addison read from Ephesians 6 about putting on the whole armor of God. The kids then made "armor" from aluminum foil. We topped off the evening with pears from Harry and David and cookies from the neighbor. It was 25 minutes of complete chaos. The only one to escape was Mason who slept peacefully through the entire event.
I have high hopes and lofty goals to make FHE a regular part of our week, rather than the hit and miss event it has been in the past. I want our home to be a refuge to our children. i know that as they grow, attend school, become teenagers, the challenges that they face will be difficult and will try their testimonies. Hopefully, they can call home a safe haven and a place of peace - the place where their testimonies were created and strengthened. The prophet has promised that FHE is the tool that can make this possible and I'd like to test out that promise.
"Now ye may suppose that this is foolishness in me; but behold I say unto you, that by small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise.
And the Lord God doth work by means to bring about his great and eternal purposes; and by very small means the Lord doth confound the wise and bringeth about the salvation of many souls."
3 comments:
Love the picture! Good job on pushing through with Family Home Evening. On one hand it does get easier as the kids get a little older. Eloise and MaCall now fight over who's turn it is to teach the lesson. They both give very well thought out lessons. I am usually treat approval person.
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You have the cutest family. We wish we lived closer to see the baby! When will your next trip to Utah be? Tell the fam we said hi!
I am with you! We are trying to get over hit and miss, too. I made a little FHE Chart and that has been a great reminder - it's there for eveyone to see. Good Luck - we al need a little!
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