{"id":13369,"date":"2017-04-16T20:21:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T03:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=13369"},"modified":"2017-04-16T20:36:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T03:36:49","slug":"easter-journals-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2017\/04\/easter-journals-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter Journals 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_20170416_130501_794.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_20170416_175602_415.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_20170416_175602_415-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_20170416_175602_415-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_20170416_175602_415-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_20170416_175602_415-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_20170416_175602_415-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>How do you teach children to rely on the Savior? How do you help them see a need for a relationship with Jesus Christ? What teaching method will work for ages 10-17? How can I share my testimony in a way they will hear it?<\/p>\n<p>These are a few questions I have been thinking about. I know that these questions can&#8217;t be addressed with a one-time effort, but I wanted to make something our family could do each day leading up to Easter to bring us closer to Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>I made an Easter journal for each family member with a scripture to read and a question to answer each day for five days. I printed out questions and art and mounted them in the journals to help inspire writing.<\/p>\n<p>We promised each writing activity would only require 10 minutes. We shortened it to 5 minutes after one day. We read the scriptures aloud and then set a timer for each of us to write in our little journals. I promised I wouldn&#8217;t make them share what they wrote and we wouldn&#8217;t read what they wrote. We had a short discussion after each journal entry, sharing experiences and ideas. I gave them each a container of Jelly Bellies to eat as they wrote. Richard and I also wrote in journals.<\/p>\n<p>How did it go?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I don&#8217;t know what went on in their hearts, but there was a good feeling in our discussions after we wrote.<\/li>\n<li>We couldn&#8217;t make it happen every day. We had to double up a few times when we had everyone together, in a good mood, and awake.<\/li>\n<li>They ate a lot of Jelly Bellies.<\/li>\n<li>We had fun talking about many other things once the activity was over each evening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These were the scriptures I chose, based on our family&#8217;s needs. They are Book of Mormon scriptures to compliment the Bible verses we read every Easter.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Alma 7:11-12 &#8230;That he may know&#8230; how to succor his people<\/li>\n<li>Alma 26:12,16 In his strength I can do all things.<\/li>\n<li>Alma 38:8-9 No other way or means whereby man can be saved, only in and through Jesus Christ&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Moroni 9:25-26 May Christ lift thee up [over difficult circumstances]<\/li>\n<li>Mosiah 16:6-9 He is the light and the life of the world.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Here are a few things we said about Jesus Christ this week in our family:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He is in every genuine smile, true friendship, beautiful scene, and good family relationship; he is in every act of patience, kindness, and generosity.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">He knows what it&#8217;s like to be &#8220;us.&#8221; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">When he bore our infirmities, this means he took on everything that makes us fall short of perfection.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> Repentance is a joyful thing, and easier than carrying guilt.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Repentance is simple, like the children of Israel looking to the brazen serpent to be saved from the snakes.<\/li>\n<li>Repentance is also like Namaan being told to wash in the Jordan 7 times. It is basic and we can be clean.<\/li>\n<li>He helps us do difficult things like learn a language, be a missionary, and take tests.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"> Because of him, can see our family members again who have passed away.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>He is accessible through good music, acts of charity, walking in nature, and taking time to be still.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_20170416_130501_794.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13370\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_20170416_130501_794.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_20170416_130501_794.jpg 524w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_20170416_130501_794-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_20170416_130501_794-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy Easter!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you teach children to rely on the Savior? How do you help them see a need for a relationship with Jesus Christ? What teaching method will work for ages 10-17? How can I share my testimony in a way they will hear it? These are a few questions I have been thinking about. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2017\/04\/easter-journals-2017\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Easter Journals 2017<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,28,13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-of-mormon","category-family-home-evening","category-family-time","category-motherhood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13369"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13383,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13369\/revisions\/13383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}