Trust in That Spirit Which Leadeth to Do Good

"The feeling of greatest importance is love. 

That feeling of love is a gift from God.  The scriptures call it "charity" and "the pure love of Christ".  You have felt that love...and you can receive it often if you seek it.

A second feeling...is the influence of the Holy Ghost.  Sisters have promised you this day that the Holy Ghost will guide you to find the service the Lord would have you give to others for Him.  

The third feeling...is that you want to be closer to the Savior.

So with those feelings, the first thing you must commit to do is to go and serve, knowing that you do not go alone.  When you go to comfort and serve anyone for the Savior, He prepares the way before you.

The second thing you must do is remember the Lord as you go in service for Him.  The Lord not only goes before our faces and sends angels to serve with us, but He also feels the comfort we give others as if we had given it to Him.

And the third thing...is to be personally modest about [your] good works.  

My prayer for the sisters in the kingdom, wherever they may be or in whatever circumstances, is that their faith in the Savior and gratitude for His Atonement will lead them to do all they can for those God asks them to serve.  As they do, I promise that they will move up the path to become holy women whom the Savior and our Heavenly Father will welcome warmly and reward openly.  

I witness that we grow closer to the Savior as we, out of pure love, serve others for Him."

Trust in That Spirit Which Leadeth to Do Good

By President Henry B. Eyring

First Counselor in the First Presidency

Easter

Happy Easter from the Bernings!

Today I gave a lesson to my four and five year old Primary class about the reason why we celebrate Easter.  I told them the Easter story and in the middle, Maya, one of the children in my class asked, "What makes Jesus so special?"  Writing it down makes it sound kind of weird, but she asked is so sweetly and sincerely.  It was such a wonderful opportunity to bear my testimony of who Jesus is and what makes Him so special.  

I am grateful for my Savior, Jesus Christ, who came to Earth to provide a way for all of us to come and live with Him and our Heavenly Parents again.  He suffered all so that we don't have to - if we follow Him.  And because of Him I know that our family can be together forever and that I can be with those that I love that have already past on again.  Easter should truly be a time to celebrate.  

After I bore my testimony - in a simpler way - little Maya said, 

"He really must be special then."  

Yes, Maya, He is.  

In Jesus Christ, I have found new life.  

Easter Egg Hunt

We celebrated Easter together as a family on Wednesday because of Mark's work schedule.  We woke up and had our traditional Easter breakfast and did Easter baskets.  Then most of the morning was spent with Mark and the kiddos playing (which I loved!) and me cooking in the kitchen for our Easter dinner.

Then in the afternoon we had an Easter Egg Hunt with the kiddos.  This was Sarah's first one (that she participated in) and it was hilarious to watch her.  The kiddos love anything we do outside so this was a hit!  Jacob would get so excited every time he would see an egg and couldn't get over how there were so many eggs in the yard!  I also had a complete "mommy fail" and could not find our Easter baskets so Jacob used a paper bag and Sarah used the cauldron for our Halloween candy.  They thought it was great - thank goodness!

That night we had our Easter dinner and topped it off with some carrot cake, also known as

BUNNY CAKE!

I HAVE to include this one of Sarah because of her total concentration on that cake!  She would NOT take her eyes off of it!

In all seriousness, next to marrying Mark, having children is probably the best thing I have ever done.  I love them all so much. 

Easter Eggs

For FHE, we had an Easter lesson and then finished it up with dying our Easter eggs.  This tradition never gets old!  Jacob and Sarah were both loving it - and it was fun that Sarah was more involved this year!

The kidlets love their EGGS!

First Day of Spring

I love the changing of the seasons!  We were excited to welcome spring with good food and a family drive!  We also had to spend a little time outside playing in the yard.  We are excited to start venturing outside of our home a little more!

Happy Spring!

First Day of Nursery

Can you believe it?!  This little sweetie had her first day in nursery - and boy was she ready!  That little girl strolled in like she was a seasoned veteran and never looked back.  She absolutely loved it!  No surprises there - we knew she would!

I am so proud of my little Sarah but it does make me a little sad too.  It definitely felt like she wasn't my little baby anymore - she's my big girl.  It happens way too fast.  She is growing so much lately and everyday is learning and changing.  It's a really exciting and fun time.

We love our little big girl!

Hatching the Past

Saturday we did some family fun!  We finally made our way to the Museum of Idaho!  It feels like it has been awhile since we have gone to a museum so it was really fun.  

Their main exhibit right now is called "Hatching the Past: The Search for Dinosaur Eggs and Babies".  It was so interesting.  Mark and I were both really impressed with the exhibit and the best thing about it was that it was so geared for children!  Everything in the exhibit was touchable and that made it so great.  It was so fun to just let Jacob and Sarah explore!  They also had dress ups and lots of places to play with dinosaurs and dig in the "sand" for dinosaur eggs.  It was pretty perfect for our family.

They also had a great children discovery area.  We all fell in love with this it.  And I am pretty convinced we could have spent hours playing in there.  They had all sorts of crawl spaces underneath a lake with a beaver den, a cliff you could crawl up to look into an eagle's nest, a giant tepee, and a cabin full of things for pretend play.  It was a blast.