For this beautiful Sabbath day...a thought from our Savior, Jesus Christ.
" As I have loved you...Love one another...
This new commandment...Love one another.
By this shall men know...Ye are my disciples.
If ye have love one to another.
The President and Prophet of our church, Thomas S. Monson recently had a birthday...many wishes and gifts were coming to him but he said what he really wanted for his birthday was, for all of us to do something kind for someone else...that is what he wanted more than anything.
People responded in a million ways..one group of Primary children and their teachers got a big glass jar and every Sunday as the children came to Primary, they would put a little "warm fuzzie" in this tall glass jar to represent something good or kind they had done for someone else. Before long..it was full...and the love gained and the lessons learned will last a life time. They gave the jar to Pres. Monson and he said he was moved to tears of joy and that it was the best birthday gift ever!
This would be a good idea for all of us...and our children.
~AS I HAVE LOVED YOU...LOVE ONE ANOTHER~
" As I have loved you...Love one another...
This new commandment...Love one another.
By this shall men know...Ye are my disciples.
If ye have love one to another.
The President and Prophet of our church, Thomas S. Monson recently had a birthday...many wishes and gifts were coming to him but he said what he really wanted for his birthday was, for all of us to do something kind for someone else...that is what he wanted more than anything.
People responded in a million ways..one group of Primary children and their teachers got a big glass jar and every Sunday as the children came to Primary, they would put a little "warm fuzzie" in this tall glass jar to represent something good or kind they had done for someone else. Before long..it was full...and the love gained and the lessons learned will last a life time. They gave the jar to Pres. Monson and he said he was moved to tears of joy and that it was the best birthday gift ever!
This would be a good idea for all of us...and our children.
~AS I HAVE LOVED YOU...LOVE ONE ANOTHER~
20 comments:
The wonderful thing about doing nice and kind things for others and treating them with loving kindness is that not only does it make them happy, but surprisingly makes us happy too!And the kindnesses seem to be contagious. And Jesus tells us to love those who hate us..still a hard thing for me, but He will help with that too.After all, He died for us and we did not earn it one bit! Praise Him!
WE have a kindness jar in our home. we write our little acts of kindness on slips of paper and put them into the jar. It's wonderful to see it filling up and knowing that each piece of paper represents something good!
Hi Julie,
What a beautiful idea, And what a great reminder to have in your home. Thank you for sharing and for reminding me today to show kindness.
Blessings,
Sue
I love this post today...I need to do something like that at my school. What an amazingly great idea! Kindness is what it is all about...thank you for sharing this!
Love how Kathy replied to this post, good thoughts.
One of my favorite talks is when Pres. Monson told about all the service that was given on his behalf and how tickled he was to share. Loved the warm fuzzies, i bet those children will remember doing that forever and so will we.
I served my family the pumpkin pancakes...my son 35 was not too happy at the thought, and then when he ate one he loved them! a hit! I tried the whip cream with chopped almonds on top. so good. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and recipes, always makes my day.
Lovely!
Gwen
Such a wonderful post Julie. I loved that you mentioned Pres. Monson. And that song, one of my favorite's.
cindy@stitches
What a wonderful idea. Thanks for sharing it with us. :)
~ Wendy
http://Crickleberrycottage.blogspot.com/
Kindness always multiplys...isn't that wonderful?! Lovely post sweet friend!
What a sweet gift idea! I'm sure he was so touched!
I love this post. I will have to tell the sweet 9 year olds I teach about this- oh and maybe create a class jar too! Thank you Julie, have a great week.
Beautiful Julie!
I hope your party with the grands went well yesterday!
XOXO
Jen
I enjoyed this story when President Monson recently spoke of it. He is so dear.
Aren't Warm Fuzzies the best? Especially when we are the givers!
Thanks for sharing.
I hope your Halloween party was a copious amount of fun!:-)
Dear Julie,
Such a wonderful reminder to love one another! Thank you! One of my favorite chapters in the Bible is 1 Corinthians chapter 13, without love we are nothing. Blessings to you, sweet friend! Vicki
Hi Julie,
Thanks for stopping by my blog and introducing yourself. It will be fun to get to know you and follow your blog!! It looks to be very inspirational, which I need!! Have a Happy Day!! :-)
Hi Julie, how precious! What a wonderful way to teach children to think of others. We should always remember to be kind to other folks.
Thanks for popping in to see me.
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
a warm fuzzie jar is such a cute idea.
Hello beautiful mother of eight!! It was a great idea and for sure children will remember it always, so nice to see the jar so full.
Thank you for your visit and sweet comment.
Leave you a big hug
Maria Cecilia
Hi Julie! This is Natalie (Nielsen) Morgan. I found your blog through Alicia's facebook. It has been fun seeing pictures of you and your family. I can't believe how big Tiffany and Lindsey are! They are beautiful. Please email me if you want an invite to my blog (nielsnatty@hotmail.com). How is Jennifer doing? I think about her a lot and would love to see her. I am still here in Kaysville with my hubby and baby boy. Tell you family hello from me. P.S. Your home is beautiful and your views are AMAZING!
I love this idea too! I bet that primary was surprised and excited to see that at Conference! Thanks for you kind comments on my blog! Looks like you have a fun family and life for yourselves!
Post a Comment