I was listening to the conference talk for our spiritual development and learning. He mentioned that people often discredit information if it's not immediately accessible. When it comes to gaining a testimony you can't just ask Google if the gospel of Jesus Christ is true. It will give you articles that will probably direct you to others accounts and mix it with both testimonies that it is true along with those of anti Mormon literature or just information about the church . But it can't speak to your heart. Google can tell you what a whale sounds like but it can't give you the spiritual bed rock that confirms that Jesus Christ lives, the book of Mormon is true, Joseph Smith was called of God, and the only true source of truth is taught by the spirit.
Yes, Google is totally indispensable. But it can't hold a candle to the spirit.
Saturday, January 21, 2017
Friday, January 20, 2017
lessons from watercolor class
I got to teach watercolor to our ward's yw last night and a couple things were interesting to me.
I told the girls the number one rule was not to compare your art to anyone else's, especially mine because I've been doing it for so long and it wouldn't be fair.
The things that really stuck out to me were one of the leaders and one of the girls. Both sat and stared for most of the activity at their painting without doing much to it. I had been walking around in case anyone needed help and gave suggestions every now and then. The amusing part was the leader had me there to help her and didn't want to do it because she was so nervous that she'd mess it up. With 10 minutes left of the activity she finally put color to the paper, but still didn't like how it turned out because it wasn't perfect.
I thought instantly that I wonder if there are times when we hold back from doing something because we are terrified of messing up and don't think to ask for help from Heavenly Father. I mean, I was right there waiting and ready to help and she was paralyzed to try.
The other girl finally raised her hand when I asked if anyone was struggling to know how to do something and I showed her how to blend a sky with vibrant colors. She was so impressed and surprised and then became more courageous. She progressed because she was willing to try and ask for help.
I thought they were interesting analogies.
I told the girls the number one rule was not to compare your art to anyone else's, especially mine because I've been doing it for so long and it wouldn't be fair.
The things that really stuck out to me were one of the leaders and one of the girls. Both sat and stared for most of the activity at their painting without doing much to it. I had been walking around in case anyone needed help and gave suggestions every now and then. The amusing part was the leader had me there to help her and didn't want to do it because she was so nervous that she'd mess it up. With 10 minutes left of the activity she finally put color to the paper, but still didn't like how it turned out because it wasn't perfect.
I thought instantly that I wonder if there are times when we hold back from doing something because we are terrified of messing up and don't think to ask for help from Heavenly Father. I mean, I was right there waiting and ready to help and she was paralyzed to try.
The other girl finally raised her hand when I asked if anyone was struggling to know how to do something and I showed her how to blend a sky with vibrant colors. She was so impressed and surprised and then became more courageous. She progressed because she was willing to try and ask for help.
I thought they were interesting analogies.
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