Day 12: Personal Scripture Study

Add to Your Faith Virtue; and to Your Virtue Knowledge

"For my soul delighteth in the scriptures, and my heart pondereth them, and writeth them for the learning and profit of my children," (2 Nephi 4:15).

I care deeply about the education of my children.  I want them to learn, grow and expand in their thinking.  I want them to wonder, be curious and explore.  I want them to discover all the beauties this world has to offer.  But more than any secular knowledge they could gain I hope they will gain a love and delight in the word of God.  It's the knowledge that is found in the scriptures that will bring them peace and balance in their lives.  It will profit them more than any other knowledge.

To help our children create a habit of reading the scriptures on their own, we spend five minutes after our morning thought and prayer for each child to open the scriptures and read to themselves.  I set the timer for 6 minutes, 1minute to get settled and find our places, and 5 minutes for reading.  I sit with the younger ones and we take turns reading from Scripture Readers.

I don't know that this will make them fall in love with the scriptures.  I think that will come as they mature and grow in the gospel.  I do think this gives them a place to start.  It gets them familiar with the way the words of the scriptures sound in their heads.  Any involvement with the words of Christ invites the Holy Ghost to testify of Him and inspire us in our hearts.  That is something I want for my children, guidance and direction, leading them to Christ.