Last night for Family Home Evening we talked about the story of Jonah and the whale. Our sweet Matthew has has kind of a hard week listening (especially to mom), so when we asked him what he wanted to learn about he requested Jonah. We thought it was the perfect way to tie in a lesson on listening and obedience. Kevin told the story of Jonah and how he was a prophet asked to go to Nineveh by Heavenly Father. Jonah didn't want to go, so he got in a boat to run away. There was a big storm and the sailors were afraid. Jonah knew it was his fault, so he told them to throw him into the sea to calm the storm. Jonah was then swallowed by a big fish where he told Heavenly Father he was sorry and went to Nineveh like he was asked to in the first place. We explained to Matthew that we can use the story in our own lives, that we should listen to Heavenly Father and do what he asks us to do and that we should also listen to our parents because they love us and want us to be happy. "So Matthew," said Kevin to summarize, "what do we learn from Jonah's story?" Matthew: "We need to stay in the boat."
It looks like we'll be having a few more discussions on the subject.
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Here's Matthew's great chocolate milk mustache. He was a little shy to show it off.
2 comments:
Awesome story. Sounds so much like what my boys would say.
Nice try though... I'm pretty sure I'm missing the point on many of life's lessons, so don't worry Matthew, you're not alone.
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