Gratitude

This week in Seminary we have been talking about General Conference this past weekend.  Particularly what the Prophet had to say.  Our scripture block for the week included Doctrine and Covenants Section 21 which is basically Joseph Smith's call as Prophet of the church.  We talked about what it means to be "a seer, a translator, a prophet, an apostle of Jesus Christ..." (D&C 21:1)  A seer is "one who sees with spiritual eyes...he is an interpreter and clarifier of eternal truth.  He foresees the future from the past and the present. This he does by the power of the Lord operating through him..." (John A. Widtsoe)  Elder Widtsoe also said that "a prophet is a teacher.  He is an expounder of truth. ...He shows the way to human happiness is through obedience to God's law...All this he does by close communion with the Lord..."

So we talked about GRATITUDE.  President Monson asked if we remember to give thanks for our blessings.  Do we walk with gratitude?  A couple of things that I shared with the kids that touched me from his talk...

HAVE AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE

Give THANKS and then WATCH MIRACLES HAPPEN

 To be grateful is to touch Heaven

By being OBEDIENT we give to God GRATITUDE

I made a GRATEFUL board in our room.  Every day the kids are to write one thing they are grateful for that day and it can't be repeated!  When the board is full then we will write it on pieces of paper and put them in a jar.  When the jar is full maybe we will do a chain around the room.  But everyday we will be grateful!  

On Monday two of the girls are going to come to class with a letter they have written to President Monson expressing gratitude to him.  We will all sign it and then I will send it to him so that he knows the freshman Seminary class in Helena are striving to be obedient and grateful :)

Thank you President Monson for the reminder to be more grateful! And for your clear view of the future.  Thank you for being the one person on the earth that we can follow with complete faith!

List the first 5 things that come to your mind that you are grateful for... Today mine are...

• Lynn
• being a grandma
• being a mom
• my home
• good friends