Tonight for the lesson we talked about being thankful with Thanksgiving coming up and everything. My husband Weston shared the scripture 1 Nephi Chapter 2 verse 7: "And it came to pass that he built an altar of stones, and made an offering unto the Lord, and gave thanks unto the Lord our God."
This scripture is talking about the Prophet Lehi from the Book of Nephi found in the Book of Mormon. The Prophet had a vision that the city he was living in was going to be destroyed because of the wickedness and that he needed to leave his home and take his family into the Wilderness. So they did. They left everything except for a few supplies they needed and that they could carry so they could survive. THEY LEFT THE COMFORT OF HOME!!
While living in the Wilderness, Lehi build an altar and saw God in his life and remembered to thank him. This just amazes me. It is important to recognize God's hand in all things and also to remember to thank him whether we are living comfortably or going through a hard time. God is there in each step of our lives and I have recognized this myself in my own life as I look back.
For the activity we made a thankful tree. We let Sage (our 3 year old) put all the leaves on the tree. I showed her how to do the first one and then she did the rest. After we got our kids to bed, Weston and I were sitting on the couch talking and he told me how he thought it was so cute how Sage put each leaf on exactly the way I did the first one. I hadn't realized that (all I noticed was our tree didn't look so much like a tree because of how uniform the leaves were). After he pointed that out tears filled my eyes and I realized how cute and special that was. I am so thankful for that little girl and my sweet family.
Love,
Becky joy
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