Hi Everyone,
I decided I would add our challenges onto my blog for all to follow along and add comments if you want to. I'm not too sure how this will work but I will give it a go.
Challenge #1
* go out and get a few exercise books or a ring binder or journals for next weeks challenge. These will be used for a variety of things I have planned for us to do.
* consider this quote:
"Heavenly Father has assigned us to a great variety of stations to strengthen and, when needed, to lead travellers to safety. Our most important and powerful assignments are in the family." President Henry B Eyring April 2010
Make a poster or just write it out and place it in your home somewhere that it will be seen by all.
* try this following exercise:
Take a virtual tour of your home using your spiritual eyes. Wherever your home may be and whatever its configuration, the application of eternal gospel principles within its walls is universal. Let’s begin. Imagine that you are opening your front door and walking inside your home. What do you see, and how do you feel? Is it a place of love, peace, and refuge from the world, as is the temple? Is it clean and orderly? As you walk through the rooms of your home, do you see uplifting images which include appropriate pictures of the temple and the Savior? Is your bedroom or sleeping area a place for personal prayer? Is your gathering area or kitchen a place where food is prepared and enjoyed together, allowing uplifting conversation and family time? Are scriptures found in a room where the family can study, pray, and learn together? Can you find your personal gospel study space? Does the music you hear or the entertainment you see, online or otherwise, offend the Spirit? Is the conversation uplifting and without contention? That concludes our tour. Perhaps you, as I, found a few spots that need some “home improvement”—hopefully not an “extreme home makeover.” (Gary E. Stevenson, “Sacred Homes, Sacred Temples,” Ensign, May 2009, 101–3) - from The Red Headed Hostess Blog
* get a photo of your family at the Temple / or a photo of the Temple for your home. If you would like a family photo Dad and I would be happy to go to the Temple this Sunday afternoon after Stake Conference, to take a photo for you. If you would like this let me know and we can arrange a time to meet there and take the photo for you. If you would like a photo of the Temple for your home, we also have a selection of photos that I can print for you.
That's all for this week. As I said you can choose what you do or don't want to do.
