Leave it to a six year old to put me in my place. This morning at breakfast, Hayden asked if we were going to read scriptures. I told him that I was late for work and we had to hurry to school. He looked at me and said, "But mom, you are really grumpy. I think we better read the scriptures and you will be in a better mood."
Tonight, Jodi and I went to enrichment night to hear Jenny Phillips, a church singer, sing and hear "The Parable of the Princesses". It was fantastic! What stuck out to me the most was having her describe the physical signs of physical hunger and thirst and then she listed the signs of spirtual thirst. Some of the signs were irritibility, grumpiness and stress. I realized that I need to be spending more time on the things that really matter and not get so caught up in all of the outside duties that really don't matter.
I immediately was taken back to my conversation with Hayden this morning. I am so humbled at how he can see the bigger picture and knows what is important at such a young age.
So, tonight I came home, picked him up, and told him that he was right, starting tomorrow morning, we were going to be better at reading the scriptures. His reply once again, put me in my place. He said, "Mom, why wait until morning? How about we go read them now."
2 comments:
Leave it to kids to always "know!" LOL! Good for him! We need to work on this as well. Tell Hayden thanks for the inspiration!
Hayden is such a sweetie! Thank goodness for kids to help us remember what is important in life. This is a testament to how you are raising him as parents. You are both amazing parents!
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