How we speak to our children and the words we use can encourage and uplift them and strengthen their faith to stay on the path back to Heavenly Father.
They come to this earth ready to listen.
An example of a child listening happened in a fabric store.
The store was crowded with shoppers when it became obvious to everyone that a mother was panicked because she had lost her young son.
At first, she was calling his name.
"Connor," she would say as she briskly walked around the store.
As time passed, her voice got louder and more frantic.
Soon the store security officers were notified, and everyone in the store was involved in looking for the child.
Several minutes passed with no success of finding him.
Connor's mother, understandably, was becoming more frantic by the minute and was rapidly yelling his name over and over again.
One patron, after saying a silent prayer, had the thought that Connor may be frightened as he listened to his mother scream his name.
She mentioned this to another woman involved in the search, and they quickly made a plan.
Together they began to walk between the tables of fabric, quietly repeating the words "Connor, if you can hear my voice, say, 'Here I am.'"
As they walked slowly toward the back of the store repeating that phrase, sure enough, they heard a timid, soft voice say, "Here I am."
Connor was hiding between the bolts of fabric under a table.
It was a voice of perfect mildness that encouraged Connor to respond.
-Rosemary M. Wixom -The Words We Speak -April 2013 General Conference
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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