Keith has been pretty troubled lately about how to have fun with a teenage time bomb. He's been searching for ways to interact that will be fun for both of them. Tonight before our family home evening lesson, we were all out playing on the trampoline together. Sari was a titch cranky, the word Shawnie used to describe her was "poophead" which I am afraid was learned from me... Anyway, Keith was really pestering Sari and teasing her and annoying her, (This is his experimental method of interaction.) She'd been in tears a couple of times already, and then, as she was jumping over him, he picked up his leg and tripped her and she fell flat on her face. Well, of course, she jumped up sobbing and ran into the house and our enjoyable evening outdoors was finished. So we head inside and are reading in "For the Strength of Youth" for our lesson about families. It ended up being quite the appropriate lesson for us tonight. At the end of the message, there is a scripture to look up, Ephesians 6:1-3, so I look it up and begin reading:
Children,obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
We joked about the reason that they'll live long on the earth is because their parents won't want to do them in...
Then, for some reason I read on to the next verse revealing Keith's lecture from God:
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Sari and I burst out laughing and Keith apologized, and once again, we were a happy family.
It ended up being one of the most profound lessons we've ever had.
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"I promise you that all who faithfully attend to temple work will be blessed beyond measure. Your families will draw closer to the Lord, unseen angels will watch over your loved ones when Satanic forces tempt them, the veil will be thin, and great spiritual experiences will distill upon this people. --Vaughn J. Featherstone
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"I promise you that all who faithfully attend to temple work will be blessed beyond measure. Your families will draw closer to the Lord, unseen angels will watch over your loved ones when Satanic forces tempt them, the veil will be thin, and great spiritual experiences will distill upon this people. --Vaughn J. Featherstone
favorite quotes:
The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it.
You either have to laugh or cry.
I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.
-Marjorie Pay
Therefore, dearly beloved, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power, and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance to see the salvation of God, and for His arm to be revealed.
-Doc. & Cov. 123:17
Do what you can,
with what you have,
where you are.
I may not have gone where I intended to go,
but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
-Douglas Adams
2 comments:
That is really funny Melanie. Oh, Keith! He really set himself up for this!
Hahaha, that couldn't have been anymore clear! At least he's still trying to interact with that "teenage time bomb." Don't give up on her. We miss you guys!
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