The Plan

Sunday morning I received a call at 8:15 am asking if I would be able to sub in Primary. I understand people get sick and whatever so I was happy to help out. We have church at 9am and we leave at 8:30 so I can have the programs there before everyone shows up and then Jon helps set up chairs and works in the library. This didn’t give me much time to prepare a lesson, which I have to admit I did a lot of preparation during Sacrament Meeting. I was thinking what I could do for a lesson and then I fell back on the classic throw together a lesson in fifteen minutes “Plan of Salvation” lesson. It’s one of those things you learned over and over in Primary. Now I know why – the subs were called 45 minutes prior to church.

As I was giving the lesson I was really impressed with what they comprehended. We were talking about the veil and how we can’t remember what happened in the Pre-Mortal Life, and then one girl asked if we will be able to remember things we learned on earth after we die. I knew this answer but luckily I was prepared with a scripture that we could read which explains that any intelligence we gain in this life we will be able to have in the next. She was really excited to learn that.

We were talking about how we come to earth to gain a body and be tested. A boy speaks up and says that he hates test and never does good on them. I then told him that this is a easy test because it is open book (scriptures, prophets etc), we can ask for help (prayer), and if we get something wrong Christ is there to make it right for us. Later in the day I really got to thinking about that. It really is that easy but then why is it so hard as well. Pride and life just seem to take over and then I somehow lose why I’m really here. It is nice to have a reminder every now and then about what is really important. I think I learned just as much as they did.