Tuesday, June 11, 2013

I had a particularly sweet moment tonight as I was tucking Elijah into bed for the night.  I sang him his special song (The Hearts of the Children).  He asked me why everyone else had a longer song with two verses and why his was so short.  I told him that when he was a baby that is the song that fit him. I explained to him that Elijah and Malachi were prophets and they told about a time when the children would remember their fathers and grandfathers and want to be with them and that they would do their Temple work so they could be together  again in Heaven.  Elijah then asked me who our greatest great-great-great grandfather was.  I told him it was Adam.   We had a little conversation about the creation, Adam and Eve and some of their children and descendants.  He started talking about when he reads his scriptures (which for him can mean listening to them as well since he is just five and reading is still slow going for him) and then asked, “Why did they listen to that snake?”  I explained that Satan wanted to get them to make wrong choices.  I told him that Adam and Eve had grown up bodies, but that their minds were like little children.  They didn't understand everything really well and that Satan tricked them. We talked for a while about other things like being in Heaven again. I wish I could remember everything we talked about………..it was truly sweet and good.  I do remember this.  He was lying back on his pillow and got teary.  He said, “When we talk about things like this, I cry a little.  I like talking about holy things.”  Then he moved his blanket down and rubbed around his heart and said, “And it feels warm here.”  I told him that that was the Holy Ghost he was feeling and to always remember that feeling.  The Spirit was very strong at that moment.  I could have missed that moment if I had not sung to him and taken the extra few minutes to answer his questions and to listen to him. He really loves the scriptures and I think he is learning a lot from them.  I let him listen to the scripture readers with pictures on the Mormon Channel almost every day.  It has helped him know the scripture stories and how to understand them. He is excited to share them with us.  He is an active participant in our family scripture studies and discussions.  Today, I was shown a tender mercy by Heavenly Father.  I was allowed to see a small glimpse of who my son is and what he can become.  I felt the Spirit very strongly……it made me so happy.  Our children can teach us and lead us if we let them.  For a brief moment his bedroom felt like the Temple.