Receiving Light and Truth CFM Study Guide and An Original Activity Sheet D&C 93 (Aug 31)

  This blogpost features a study guide and a  half-sheet activity page to complement the Come Follow Me (CFM) reading for  August 25-31,  which includes Doctrine and Covenants 93.    Click here for an index and links to my CFM blogposts for other weeks.

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 Receiving Light and Truth

 There are several verses that mention "light and truth" in Doctrine and Covenants 93, but the one that stood out to me was: 

"The glory of God is intelligence, or, in other words, light and truth."  D&C 93:36

Light lends itself well to many gospel analogies, but my favorite are when compared to hope and/or truth.  To me, it just makes it easier to understand these concepts to compare it with something as familiar as light.  

Twice, our family has traveled to see a solar eclipse in totality and twice I've been in awe at the power the light has to dispel the darkness, even when it's only a tiny sliver.  I've thought of that power many times in my life when  I feel like hope and truth are feeling elusive for whatever reason.    

I love this quote from Elder Uchtdorf:  

“Night is nothing more than a shadow.

Even in the darkest of nights, the sun does not cease to radiate its light. It continues to shine as bright as ever. But half of the earth is in darkness.

The absence of light causes darkness.

When the darkness of night falls, we do not despair and worry that the sun is extinguished. We do not postulate that the sun is not there or is dead. We understand that we are in a shadow, that the earth will continue to rotate, and that eventually the rays of the sun will reach us once again.

Darkness is not an indication that there is no light. Most often, it simply means we’re not in the right place to receive the light….”

It reminds me, that just because I happen to be standing in a shadow in my life's journey, that the sun still shines.  God's love is just as real as it ever was and I just need keep on moving toward whatever sliver of light I can see!   

ARTICLES 
“Bearers of Heavenly Light” by Elder Uchtdorf 
"Walk in God's Light" For the Strength of Youth
"My Thoughts on Light and Hope" 

SCRIPTURES ABOUT LIGHT 

John 8:12:  “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in [the] darkness, but shall have the light of life.”

D&C 84:45:  "For the word of the Lord is truth, and whatsoever is truth is light, and whatsoever is light is Spirit, even the Spirit of Jesus Christ."

D&C 93:36 "The glory of God is intelligence, or, in other words, light and truth." 

Matthew 6:22:  "The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light."

Matthew 5:16:  "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."

2 Nephi 31:20:  "Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life."

TEACH ME TO WALK IN THE LIGHT / LOVE ONE ANOTHER MEDLEY

 AN ORIGINAL CFM ACTIVITY SHEET
THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITY SHEET LINK (in case it's not showing below)


PATTERNS OF LIGHT VIDEO SERIES BY ELDER BEDNAR
Part 1 
Part 2 
Part 3 

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Have fun learning the gospel together! 


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