Our discussion focused on things we do within our own families.
What are fun things that you do with your families - things that bring you together as a family?
- Sunday dinner
- vacations
- Saturday movie night
- late night pizza fest
- read scriptures
- watch 'Wipe Out' together
- back to school fiesta/blessings
- cleaning the house to music
Traditions - in particular righteous traditions - are things you do repeatedly that bring you closer together as a family and closer to God.
Did you guys hear what President Cowley said at the end of sacrament meeting? He had an interview with someone before church, and was headed out to his car when he felt impressed to come to our sacrament meeting. After sitting through the meeting, he knew why. He mentioned specifically getting to participate in the blessing of the Wisniewski's baby, and hearing the Dickeys talk.
What were you supposed to hear at church today? Maybe you were here today to help someone else. Do you know why were you here today?
How can you make attending church a 'righteous tradition' and not just a habit or something you do because you're supposed to?
Our ultimate goal is to return to live with Heavenly Father, with our families. We come to church to help us reach this goal. Ironically, Sunday mornings are just about the most stressful, grouchy times for our families - in large part because we're trying to get to church to learn about how to love our families!
- IGNORE - genius! if we can ignore the things that are crazy and not care about the stuff that doesn't really matter, the morning goes that much smoother, and our attitude starts out good at church, allowing us to feel the Spirit and learn.
- 'use the other door' - for one girl, simply using the other door to get into the car would prevent an explosion with her family. In reflecting about this, I thought it was a great way of saying 'CHOOSE to be helpful.' Actively think of ways to be helpful and make things go smoother.
Why is it harder to read the scriptures than our favorite book?
What can we do to make it easier? Sometimes the language of the scriptures is difficult to understand, and we already think we know 'what's going to happen.' In reality, the scriptures have something new for us each time we read, depending on what we're going through at the time.
- try reading with a specific purpose - maybe color code specific words or topics you're thinking about while you read.
- actually STUDY them instead of just letting the words go through your eyes.
- choose to make reading your scriptures a priority.
What traditions do you want to have in your own family - for yourself? Start now. You don't have to wait.
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