Genesis: Part 2

I think sometimes as women and especially mothers, we can feel like we're in competition with each other. We should be banding together, fighting Satan instead of each other. When we work together we can accomplish so much more than we can alone. As I stated in an earlier post, this whole Hero Hour was not my own idea. My friend Sarcie started it all and was inspired to share it so that others might benefit too. This is her Hero Hour genesis story. 

 Isn't her family so cute? 

"As a Mother I have felt overwhelmed about raising this generation in the world we live in. I was talking to my Mom about some of my fears and worries, and as a seasoned Mother herself... raising 7 children in the gospel, I knew she would have some good insight. What she said will always stick with me... She said, 'your children need to gain a testimony at a young age and how they do that is by feeling the Spirit OFTEN...Sarcie that is your job as a mother. To create and allow spiritual experiences to happen in their life so they can start to recognize that special feeling.'

 Recently I have been praying a lot about that. Asking my Father in Heaven of other avenues where they can feel the Spirit and to increase the times they feel it. A few weeks ago I was sitting in Gospel Doctrine and this idea popped into my head of focusing on the Heroes in the Bible and The Book of Mormon. The first thing I thought was... oh we can do that for FHE... but as I thought about it...this was an answer to my prayers. Our children need to feel the Spirit more than just at FHE or at church. 

 So last Friday we had our first Hero story hour. As they sat on the fireplace munching on pretzels, I told the story in my own words of David and Goliath. I printed coloring pages from lds.org and after... they got to color what they had just learned. I can testify to you that the Spirit was in our home and they felt it. My children were extra happy and helpful and they were complimenting each other on their works of art. The best part about it was I was able to talk them about recognizing the Spirit and how it feels.

 As I look back on that hour we did have a couple set backs where Satan was working hard to crash our party. There were several interruptions and a huge pretzel mess that Annabelle made but with all of that...I can tell you Satan lost... that Friday afternoon. After we were all done, Tage came to me and said, 'Mom can you tell me another story... like the lion one and the den” so I told him that every Friday we will do our Hero story hour, and next Friday we will do Daniel in the lions den...he gave me the biggest smile and a hug. Those are the moments that make being a mother awesome!" 

May we all, women, men, mothers, fathers, and especially families, band together in this war we are fighting against the Adversary. He is a dirty and tricky player and will use any advantage he sees. The outcome of this battle has already been determined. It's just a matter of which side we end up on. Like Sarcie, I believe in sharing goodness. If it brings the Spirit, makes life easier, uplifts, or improves, then SHARE IT! so that we all might be benefit. 

Love, Sue