We set a goal in January 2011 to read the Book of Mormon together as a family. It's taken us longer than we'd hoped...but this last week we finished! I had great hopes for the special moment we might have at the very end. The reality was that the kids fought over who would read the last verse and, after a family prayer, moved on to other things. I wondered for a moment if it's really been worth all the effort. But, in that moment I knew that it's not just about a "last moment", but as in so many things it's about the "journey".
It has been such a great thing for our family. President Hinckley promised that as we read the Book of Mormon as a family, "there will come into your lives and into your homes an added measure of the Spirit of the Lord, a strengthened resolution to walk in obedience to His commandments, and a stronger testimony of the living reality of the Son of God." I know this has happened for us, and I hope it has helped plant the seed of faith in our children's hearts that the Book of Mormon is true.
Now...to start again!
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