This year the theme for Primary-- the children's organization-- is "I Am A Child of God". Our ward typically gives the children and teachers a small gift each year. We've also recently had a lesson called "Jesus Christ is the Light and the Life of the World" (Dec. 2012, week 3), and I read a talk by Sister Elaine S. Dalton called "Now is the Time to Arise and Shine". It also fit with our first Sharing Time lesson of the year, "God is my Heavenly Father. He Knows and Loves Me." Connecting all these things, this is what we did this year:
I bought a number of chandelier crystals, strung a ribbon through, and attached a poem, which I titled Illumination:
Hang this crystal in your room
Where light is bright and clear.
As light reflects and shines, think of
The temple’s chandelier.
I am a child of God
His light can shine through me.
If I am clean and pure and serve,
I can help others see.
The poem can be sung to the tune of "I Am A Child of God"; we sang just the second stanza.
Maybe the poem should have specified to hang it in the window; my children have theirs hanging on the wall, where they are not close enough to a light source to throw rainbows. Hmm. Maybe "In your window this will go/ Where light is bright and clear..."
Something like this poem and chandelier crystal could be used as part of a Family Home Evening lesson, especially along with either of the Sharing Time lessons or Sister Dalton's talk.
I know that I am not the light but I can help share it. The closer I am to the Source of light, my Savior, Jesus Christ, and the more pure of heart and willing to serve His children I am, the more I am able to share His light with others. They will see it in me and hopefully want to shine, too.
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How about the expense? Each one cost just over $1, I ordered some from Amazon, $8.99 for 10 crystals, plus shipping. They didn't have enough for me (we needed about 120), so found more at D. Lawless Hardware, $1 apiece with free shipping (and my favorite crystal of the two kinds). Thin gold ribbon was on sale at Hobby Lobby, a 30-foot roll for $ .79, it took 6 spools to have 14" per crystal.
I bought a number of chandelier crystals, strung a ribbon through, and attached a poem, which I titled Illumination:
Hang this crystal in your room
Where light is bright and clear.
As light reflects and shines, think of
The temple’s chandelier.
I am a child of God
His light can shine through me.
If I am clean and pure and serve,
I can help others see.
The poem can be sung to the tune of "I Am A Child of God"; we sang just the second stanza.
Maybe the poem should have specified to hang it in the window; my children have theirs hanging on the wall, where they are not close enough to a light source to throw rainbows. Hmm. Maybe "In your window this will go/ Where light is bright and clear..."
Something like this poem and chandelier crystal could be used as part of a Family Home Evening lesson, especially along with either of the Sharing Time lessons or Sister Dalton's talk.
I know that I am not the light but I can help share it. The closer I am to the Source of light, my Savior, Jesus Christ, and the more pure of heart and willing to serve His children I am, the more I am able to share His light with others. They will see it in me and hopefully want to shine, too.
_______________________________________________
How about the expense? Each one cost just over $1, I ordered some from Amazon, $8.99 for 10 crystals, plus shipping. They didn't have enough for me (we needed about 120), so found more at D. Lawless Hardware, $1 apiece with free shipping (and my favorite crystal of the two kinds). Thin gold ribbon was on sale at Hobby Lobby, a 30-foot roll for $ .79, it took 6 spools to have 14" per crystal.
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