Act in Faith

Sometimes we do things as an act of faith.  Last week I was in a training put on by Church leaders that shared some ideas on things we can do to make the Sabbath more meaningful.  A couple of thoughts were to keep meals simple (this is something I have thought about for a long time and have practiced doing though not every week and it is certainly nicer to not have the huge task of putting on a meal and cleaning every thing up), there was also talk of taking some time around the table to talk about things we learned.  There were other things talked about but these were what I worked on today with the kids.  The meal, pancakes.  That is easy.  I didn't have pancakes myself because I am not eating that kind of stuff at the moment but the kids enjoyed them.  The discussion at the table was interesting.  The boys learned in primary about Lehi and his family going into the wilderness.  We talked about what happened and how the different members of Lehi's family felt.  We talked about how hard it would be to do that today though Andy had some good ideas for food which came down to his favorite pop-tarts.  We talked about how we aren't being asked to leave our things and travel to the wilderness but we are asked to treat the Sabbath day different than other days.  I'm not going to say that the kids were really excited about this, well, one was definitely not excited.  I don't know that we do a bad job on the Sabbath but there are some things we can improve upon and so that is what we need to look at.  Anyway, it was a good conversation around the dinner table that also included talk of dinosaurs and the earths creation and other strange ideas that were discussed in the youth class today. We also talked about light and the talks shared in Sacrament meeting about staying close to the light and that the light represents the Savior.  I would have to say that the dinner and discussion were successes. 

We had an invitation in Elder's Quorum last week to not just read the scriptures but to talk to someone about what we read.  I decided that as a family we would not just read tonight but we would talk about what we were reading and apply it in our lives.  This is something we have done before but not consistently.  The invitation was to see how many days we could go with doing this. I think it was a great addition to scripture time and it will be good to spend more time thinking about what we are reading and talking about how it applies to us.  It makes it more than going through the motions and brings added meaning to scripture time.  I like it. 

Anyhow, we hear and are taught a lot of things.  Sometimes I am not as diligent as I should be in putting into practice some of these things.  Today I tried to act in faith and I believe that things went better.  We will continue to act in faith and trust in the Lord that he will provide strength in ways we otherwise would not receive.