Ponderize: 2 Nephi 25:26

Elder Devin G. Durrant spoke about ponderizing last weekend during the October 2015 conference in his address My Heart Pondereth Them Continually.  I used the made up phrase to mean when you reflect on a scripture by pondering it 80% of the time and memorizing it 20% of the time.  I chose to study 2 Nephi 25:26.  I took one of Elder Durrant's suggestions by taking a screenshot of the scripture and then placing it on my phone's lock screen.  It really forced me to look at it multiple times through my day.

In General Conference last weekend we, as a church, sustained three new apostles.  In the press conference that followed one of the new apostles, Elder Ronald A. Rasband kept saying that an apostles job was to be a special witness of Christ and to take the Gospel message all over the world.  That really stuck with me, and has probably been the greatest message I could take from this scripture as I have pondered it this week.  When I read this scripture I envision taking the name of Christ all over the world, so everyone may come to know Him.  I also think of making it a part of my every day life.  In everything that I do I make a conscience effort to remember Christ.  This not only blesses my life as I come closer to the Spirit, but as this scripture promises our children will know that Jesus Christ is there for them.  So in the end, just like everything else we do in the Gospel, the message of this scripture is about love and service.  As we do all that we can to share Jesus Christ's names others will be blessed.

Primary Lesson: Following the prophet will help us come unto Christ

Since we just had General Conference last week, I began today's primary sharing time lesson by asking the kids what their favorite General Conference traditions are.  Then I asked them what was special about this General Conference.  That were right on the money when they said that we sustained three new apostles.  Then I explained that prophets and apostles' jobs are to be special witnesses of Christ.  The prophet teaches us the will of the Lord.  I then had the kids play pictionary.  I showed a volunteer the pictures on the following quotes.  Then I would have the volunteer draw the picture for the class. The rest of the class would then guess the picture.  I then showed them the picture and the quote and we discussed what the quote meant, emphasizing how we learned these special messages during General Conference.  It was really a special lesson, and I felt the Spirit strongly testify that these messages are meant to bring Heavenly Father's children unto Christ. The challenge at the end is because our Primary does a challenge every sharing time to go along with the lesson.  We didn't get through all of the quotes, but the activity was such a hit that I plan on finishing them up if I have free time the rest of the month at the end of sharing time.