Precious Primary Moments.

Our lesson today was about the second coming. Do you know how hard it is to explain to a 4 year old that Christ will someday return to the earth from Heaven? They were all sorts of confused. Poor souls. 

Sabrina is probably our best listener, and she retains every word. She was more confused than any of them I think... because right away she asked: "Wait... I thought we go up to heaven to meet him? Now he comes down here?" I giggled and explained to her that everyone goes to heaven whether Christ comes down while we are on the earth or not. She gladly accepted my response to her concerned question.

I usually reward my class after each lesson with a treat and coloring. If they are good the entire time then they are allowed to eat treats and color my print outs. Today their reward was, if they were reverent then they got to play a game afterwards and eat candy at the same time! They were thrilled. 

I had a container with a dice inside of it, so they were to roll the dice in the container, move your pog to a place on the map of the game and so on. The point of the game was to do nice things to help us prepare for Jesus Christ coming to the earth again someday. I couldn't help but laugh so hard at Isaac's face while he was shaking the dice in the container. I snagged a picture of him because he is simply a doll, and I just love that I am his teacher. Not to mention this deep concentration in this picture... but while his eyes were squeezed shut, so tight, he would whisper the number he wanted as he rolled the dice. 

Such a gem.

Aside from my primary lesson, our sacrament was brilliant today. We had two missionaries speak, and one being from Manchester, England. He told his conversion story. Basically, two missionaries knocked on their door, came and taught lessons to his family, his mom loved them and loved the Gospel. She was baptized. Then stayed active and had all her kids baptized; couple years later his mom had passed away. He said that all of his siblings became inactive, but he made a promise to his mom. He promised he would stay LDS and be an example to his siblings. He explained that everyone goes through trials, all are different but everyone has trials. He said he has countless excuses as to why he could have fallen away from the church, but he chose not to. He chose to keep the Gospel of Jesus Christ in his life.

Sometimes I reflect back on my life and think about decisions I have made or regrets that I may carry. I learned that those things truly made me who I am today. Those hardships have helped me become an example to others. I wouldn't have my life any other way. Life throws curve balls and sometimes you have to slide to get to that next base and maybe get a little dirty. In the end, you get back up, brush yourself off and continue the 'game.' Sometimes you may even get out... but you get another chance. You get to try again, fix what you might have done wrong, apologize for the feelings you may have hurt, and learn to be better... to do better. Life is so much shorter than what we are really preparing ourselves for. The Lord has so much in store for us... every single person. This missionary who spoke today really touched my heart. From all his trials he has been through, I would say that my life is easy.

When you are going about your day... think of others. This is perfect timing because now is the season to be grateful... to actually reflect and realize how much you are truly grateful for. To remember everything the Lord has sacrificed for you, because its a lot. It was his life, so you could live here on this earth... to even make this world a better place. I love my Savior. I know that he loves me. My calling is more than rewarding, its beyond a blessing. My kids help me learn more than I ever could teach them.

I hope you enjoyed your Sunday, and I hope you find time in the holiday season to reflect on things you are grateful for. Not only reflect, but to act upon those feelings. To tell someone 'thank you.' To buy them a gift. There is no price tag on giving. I love you guys. I love you for reading my thoughts. I'm thankful for you.

xo.