FHE Monday #7

Further evidence that we are not perfect is the fact that this is the seventh FHE post, and clearly not the seventh week of the year... but we are trying, and that is what counts. Maybe by the time Gummy Bear can actually participate we will finally have it down!

This week we started out by singing "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam". We were listening to the Primary songs on the church website, and I discovered that that particular song has a second verse! So we pulled out the words and sang both verses while Gummy Bear grinned and threw himself at us in his weirdo hug-attacks. Then we prayed, and let him play.

The sister missionaries had challenged us to read the chapter in Preach My Gospel about the Holy Ghost. It was about eight pages, and we didn't look up the scriptures so it actually didn't take that long. The sisters read from Helaman 5:44-47 to introduce this challenge to us, and that would be a great place to start. We talked about how those verses explained a few ways the Holy Ghost manifests to us, and how we each individually receive guidance from the Holy Ghost in different ways than others. (That's something I love about the Gospel--we are all different as children of God, and it makes sense that we would each feel the Spirit in different ways.)

As we read, if one of us had a question or a thought then we would pause and talk about it. A couple of times a passage would remind me about something I had read in my personal scripture study, and it added to the discussion. I loved learning the difference between the Light of Christ, the Holy Ghost, and the Holy Spirit of Promise. Even though Preach My Gospel focuses on missionaries sharing these principles with investigators, its a great reminder about basic Gospel Principles that I think are often overlooked or set aside for "deep doctrine". Reading this section reminded me that the Gospel is so simple, and to turn to those simple principles instead of looking beyond the mark towards things that aren't as important.

When we finished, we sang "Hum Your Favorite Hymn" and said a closing prayer. I feel like Gummy Bear feels the Spirit when we hold FHE, even if all he does is listen to the songs. The songs are also doctrine, so he is still learning. I also love how close we feel as a family, and I often feel like the Lord is smiling over our household for taking the time to do as He has asked.