Simple enough for a child to understand

Things Connor says...so I don't forget:

Tonight at bedtime I was talking about how we need to be quiet to hear the voice of the Lord (Think story of Elijah which I briefly tried to share) and Connor said in response that he wanted to stay in bed all day so he wouldn't get upset with Olivia (we're visiting here with them now in TX) so he could hear what God says. I told him that that's the challenge to keep our calm and be patient everyday so the Spirit can be with us. He then said he would be quiet all day and not say anything so he could hear the voice of God. I told him that that seems like it would be nice to be off somewhere removed from people (think monks) but I said again, that is the challenge- to live everyday in this world and still be still enough to hear the Spirit teach us the right way to go. I told him that the voice of the Lord is more a voice you feel than a voice you hear and we talked about how you feel the Spirit. Such a cool conversation.


When I told him about the story of Elijah he wanted to sing it and add it to the song 'Follow the Prophet'. I told him we could work on that tomorrow and share them for FHE. He wanted to also do verses for Joseph Smith, Moroni and Abinadi. That should be a fun project tomorrow.

I also talked to him about how we need to be happy about living the Gospel-- he's been very grumpy about Gospel things lately saying he doesn't want to go to Church or read scriptures. I told him those things help us follow the path and that it's really hard to stay on the path sometimes. That there is one right way and we are here out of Heavenly Father and Jesus' presence to prove ourselves. That there is one right way and we need to be quiet enough to hear the Spirit so we know the right way to go. He said "mommy, there should be signs to keep us on the path." Oh how I love that kid! I said that there are! That's why we go to Church and have the commandments- the "signs" along the path- that tell us and help guide us the right way! He's really a thinker. He then said we should make a movie (one of his favorite things lately) with signs that show the way. My mind wandered for a moment and thought how cool that would be! The simplicity of the Gospel, "simple enough for a child to understand", portrayed in a movie that could help others to see it's simplicity too. Ah, the wisdom of a 6-year-old. I told him maybe we'll make one and put it on youtube- ha, we'll see!!