52 blessing project week 9

I am grateful for two things this week. One, my Relief Society lesson is over! Two, I gave my lesson on Feasting on the Scriptures. I am grateful for the Scriptures. I had these two food displays to show how if we don't feast on the Scriptures our spirits will not get enough to listen to the revelations the Lord has for us. The blessings of reading the Scriptures are great. I am not perfect at Scripture reading (I am working on getting better). Our family Scripture reading has been very good. We get up every morning at 6:30 (ever since Jessie was five). When Jessie was around the age of five, a talk was given in Sacrament meeting on the blessings of Scripture reading.

In 1980 President Marion G. Romney said:

I counsel you, my beloved brothers and sisters and friends everywhere, to make reading the Book of Mormon a few minutes each day a lifelong practice. All of us need the uninterrupted association with the Spirit of the Lord. We need to take the Holy Spirit for our constant guide that we be not deceived. I am persuaded by my own experience and that of my loved ones, as well as by the statements of the Prophet Joseph Smith, that one can get and keep closer to the Lord by reading the Book of Mormon than by reading any other book. Don’’t be content with what someone else tells you about what is in it. Drink deeply from the divine fountain itself.

I feel certain that if, in our homes, parents will read from the Book of Mormon prayerfully and regularly, both by themselves and with their children, the spirit of that great book will come to permeate our homes and all who dwell therein. The spirit of reverence will increase; mutual respect and consideration for each other will grow. The spirit of contention will depart. Parents will counsel their children in greater love and wisdom. Children will be more responsive and submissive to the counsel of their parents. Righteousness will increase. Faith, hope, and charity——the pure love of Christ——will abound in our homes and lives, bringing in their wake peace, joy, and happiness.

The promised blessing are real. Yet studies have shown that, despite the great benefits that only about 30 present of active LDS families hold some form of regular scripture study.