A Blessing in our Lives!

Beginning this school year our children were talking with us over the dinner table how they want to be consistent with their personal scripture study along with their family scripture study! They were saying that you really have to be self motivated since they took away seminary recognition awards for reading consistently every night. So with this question from our children Wade came up with a proposal on each of their doors the next day and this is what it read......

What a blessing it has been to our family to not only read together the scriptures but to be able to study and read them individually---together! I have to admit some nights there are distractions like this one, when Roxy decided to jump up in her seat to join us!

But what a blessing it has been to read together the word of God and after discuss what we have learned. I am enjoying reading the New Testament for my Institute class and am able to get insight from my kids because they are studying the same scriptures in their Seminary classes. I learn so much from my children. I believe that Heavenly Father sent my children to me so I could learn from them! They truly bless my life by their example. I feel so blessed for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and his teachings in my life. I have never felt the Lord so strongly in my life which has made our relationships with family so deep and close. The Lord is continually blessing our family in so many ways. The Love of God is real and is there for all to partake! A quote that I have recently leaned on is by Bruce C. Hafen, "Our worth lies in our understanding of ourselves as children of God and that it does not depend on our talents, our heritage, our appearance, or our intelligence. It depends on our love of God." I have the most amazing family that teaches me what is truly important in life. Families are eternal and I am so grateful for mine that the Lord has blessed me with in this life and in the eternities!