Faith is like a seed

May 7, 2012
Uh. Does any other mom out there in LDS-land wonder if it even makes a difference that you attempt F.H.E.? Seriously.

I happened to get this cool herb planter at my conference last week. I thought it would be a great visual for a F.H.E. lesson on faith. I knew there was a scripture somewhere about comparing faith to a seed but couldn't remember where it was. Luckily, Jeff knew it was Alma 32: 28-33. So I read the kids the scripture reference and tried to explain what it was talking about. I should have just skipped the explanation because I left Pearl more confused and bored than ever. Jeff chuckled under his breathe and gently told me to move on!

So we opened up my planter and plopped the soil packet into some water. And waited. And waited. And waited. If I hadn't bored the kids enough with my scripture lesson, waiting for the soil to plump up was agonizing for them. I finally did the one thing I'd threatened them not to do, stick my fingers in the water and play in the dirt to get things moving along. My patience was wearing thin. Then came the dozens of teeny, tiny oregano seeds. All over the table. Oh well. The kids were fascinated.

Now I'm just hoping my object lesson doesn't completely fall flat and one of us has enough faith to get those little seeds to sprout because Pearl keeps asking if "our testimonies have grown yet."