Tuesday, November 12, 2013

          Glade said the teacher in his High Priest Group gave an excellent lesson on Sunday from the Lorenzo Snow manual.  He created a very effective visual aid that I thought you might enjoy.

He displayed two jars filled with water.  The first one represented the life of a non-member and the other represented the life of a faithful church member.  Both were good men.

The teacher described the knowledge that the first man obtained during his life on earth and placed a few drops of food color into one of the jars creating a little shadow of color.

The next step was to add life’s temporal accumulations to the jars such as: 

·         A key representing a car—which is a good and necessary thing,

·         A key for a house—which is also good and necessary

·         A few coins—knowing we need “a little” money,

·         A hair clip—representing beautiful things

After the man died, he returned to Heaven.  The teacher took the jar and poured the contents through a sieve which collected all the “worldly goods” and left behind a jar of pale water representing what knowledge he would take with him.

Into the second jar, the teacher placed drops of color as he described the knowledge obtained by the Church member as he learned Gospel principles, participated in ordinances, made covenants, and received the blessings of the temple.  The water in this jar soon became rich in color—representing the knowledge gained in this man’s life. 

Then he added the temporal accumulations:

·         A key representing a car—which is a good and necessary thing,

·         A key for a house—which is also good and necessary

·         A few coins—knowing we need “a little” money,

·         A hair clip—representing beautiful things.

After this man died, he returned to Heaven, also.  The teacher took the jar and poured the contents through a sieve which collected all the “worldly goods” and left behind a jar rich in colored water representing the knowledge he would take with him.

The obvious message is that we need to look at our priorities and see if our jar is getting filled with rich color from the knowledge we are obtaining in this life or if we are focusing too much on worldly and temporal things that won’t last and that we can’t take with us.     

          A little good food for thought!