Teaching Primary about faith

I was asked to teach a cute Primary class today of three and four year olds who are simply darling! The topic was from the story of the Jeredites found in the Book of Mormon and so very simple but so profound. I hope they somehow got the message of Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

The children up to that point have been learning about the Nephites and the Laminates in the Book of Mormon but now they are going to be introduced to another group of people who also came to the same continent. They were called the Jeredites and had come much earlier than Lehi's family.  Their leader was a man named Jared and Jared had a brother who had great faith.

In class the children were given paper and crayons to build barges like a boat or ship like the ones the Jeredites built to travel the ocean waters. We also discussed in the lesson how the brother of Jared went to a mountain to pray so that the Lord would touch the sixteen stones he had melted into small clear stones out of a rock. The miracle happened when those stones were touched by the Lord's finger to give light. This way, they could have light as they sailed across the sea. The brother of Jared knew that if Jesus touched the stone, they would give light inside the eight barges and they did. Two stones were placed in each barge to give light and it did.

The story continues saying that when the brother of Jared saw Jesus Christ's finger touch the stones, he was so surprised that he fell to the ground because he didn't know the Lord had a finger like a man. Then Jesus asked the brother of Jared if he believed all the words the Lord had spoken and when the replied yes, the Lord told him that because of his great faith, the Lord could show himself to him. Then Jesus showed himself to the brother of Jared and told him that never had a man shown as much faith as he had.

The point of the lesson is to be like the brother of Jared who had so much faith that he saw the Lord. Faith is believing and trusting in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. We show our faith by being obedient and prayerful. We have been promised that he will answer if we ask in faith for what is right and he will answer our prayers in the way that is best for us.

Con amor,
Vero