Scripture time at our home can sometimes be a struggle. Try as we might some nights just don't go the way I envision they go in everyone elses homes with all their kids sitting quietly on the floor with books open either reading or following along intently. Plenty of time for questions when parents are not tired and ready to be done for the day. Everyone smiling at one another even if it might take that person a little longer to read because they are younger and lets face it the scriptures are Dr. Seuss material.
This is not how most nights at the Rice Family Scripture Study goes. We usually are tired and cranky from a long day, kids are wanting a snack before bed and think the best time to find one would be right at the time dad says everyone grab their scriptures. Someone is usually bugged about something-mind you it is never the same person just one of the five-and they sit over in a corner sulking. Someone else is bugged because the entire process is taking too long and so-and-so is ready only one verse but taking FOREVER!!
That sums up most nights at our household but we struggle through hoping that something sinks in if only the fact that Mom and Dad felt it was important enough to commit the time and energy everyday to have Scripture Study.
We are reading in the Doctrine and Covenants and are almost finished, the other night we were reading in Section 135 where it talks about the martyrdom of Joseph Smith. Now mind you we have taken the kids to see the movie depicting his life and we have even traveled to Nauvoo and showed them exactly where the martyrdom took place.
Well as Kelsey was reading the first verse about the angry mob coming to Carthage she stopped reading and asked us what a mob was so Marc explained and she still had a quizzical look on her face before she proceeded telling us she thought Joseph was killed by an angry MOM. For the entire 8 years of her little life she has thought Joseph Smith was killed by just some angry mom who was out to get him.
We couldn't stop laughing and for that night we only made it through one verse.
Well as Kelsey was reading the first verse about the angry mob coming to Carthage she stopped reading and asked us what a mob was so Marc explained and she still had a quizzical look on her face before she proceeded telling us she thought Joseph was killed by an angry MOM. For the entire 8 years of her little life she has thought Joseph Smith was killed by just some angry mom who was out to get him.
We couldn't stop laughing and for that night we only made it through one verse.
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