Spiritual Moments we Have Sometimes

 I went up to drop some of the YW off at Badger creek for a combined YM/YW activity (I couldn’t stay because Niko had a practice he had to go to that I needed to take him to).  The YM had camped out the night before so I was looking for Kai.  I saw all the YM in the cabin, but couldn’t see him anywhere.  I was starting to panic a little because no one could tell me where he was.  The leaders were telling stories about how some of theYM had gone into an ice pond the night before and got all their gear wet and soaked and that’s why they weren’t out with the YW sledding (their gear was all freezing and not in any condition to be worn again the rest of the trip).  I told Stephanie Derrick about how sometimes we’re a little more protective of our kids because of what happened to Johnny’s brother and how it’s really affected him.  I explained that our situation is like the movie Finding Nemo, Johnny is like Marlin because he’s experienced loss and wants to protect our children so we don’t have to go through similar loss.  But then, Dori’s voice comes into my head and I think of the quote when Marlin has just said “I promised I wouldn’t let anything happen to him.”  Then Dori responds with “Well, that’s a silly thing to promise because if you don’t let anything happen to him then nothing will ever happen to him.”  I soon saw Kai sledding down the hill because his gear was warm and dry because he chose not to do what the majority of the other YM did and so he was out sledding.  Because we let him go on this Campout we were able to see the mature young man he’s becoming and was so proud of him and the choice he made to not follow others.  As I drove home it made me think I need to start basing my actions in Faith not in Fear.  I can make decisions in Faith.  I felt like I needed to search the scriptures and found so much about how we should not fear.  So many scriptures and even when I typed in fear it suggested topics on Courage.  I loved that spiritual moment I was able to have.

During scriptures this evening we talked about Joseph Smith and how he had a question and prayed for revelation and answers.  We were able to have a good discussion about prayer and the power of it.  It was nice to have it be a discussion and not just reading a scripture and be done with it.  I shared some personal stories about explained that not all our prayers are answered in the same way and we need to be prepared for the answers we receive.  I felt prompted to tell the kids that I pray for them always and individually because they all need different things.  Niko decided to share a moment that he felt the spirit a few weeks ago.  He said he was helping a friend who was having drama with a girl she knows.  Niko said that he felt like he should quote the scripture that basically shares the golden rule.  The next day in seminary a girl from his dance group, Aiden, shared a spiritual thought on almost the exact thing.  Niko said I don’t know if what I shared with my friend helped her, but sharing that with her and then having Aiden share a spiritual thought the next day about the same topic was a spiritual moment for me.  I love that he felt that and that he shared that in our discussion at scriptures.