Seek Light!

It's hard to believe we are already to back to school.  Today was the big day. So in preparation, we spent some time over the weekend talking about what our theme for the school year would be.  I have been thinking a lot lately about the concept of light in our lives--from where it originates, how it helps us grow, how we seek it out.  I am struck with the idea that light is the basis of so much good.  Light is purity.  Light is knowledge.  Light is goodness.  Light is love.  Light is testimony.  Light is strength.  Light is understanding.  Light is law.  Light is power. Light overcomes darkness.  Light is life. Light give sight. Light is good.

There is so much of darkness in the world today--darkness that our precious children have to face alone on a daily basis.  Are they prepared?  Do they have the store of light necessary to combat that darkness they face each day.  To be sure, there is also much light in the world.  But do my kids know how and where to find it?  Are they prepared?

So our theme for the year is

SEEK LIGHT!

We spent an evening talking about light and why it's so important to actively seek it out to enrich our lives and to live the lives we need and want to live.  We focused on D&C 88:6-13 which reads:

 6 He [meaning Jesus Christ] that ascended up on high, as also he descended below all things, in that he comprehended all things, that he might be in all and through all things, the light of truth;

 7 Which truth shineth. This is the light of Christ. As also he is in the sun, and the light of the sun, and the power thereof by which it was made.

 8 As also he is in the moon, and is the light of the moon, and the power thereof by which it was made;

 9 As also the light of the stars, and the power thereof by which they were made;

 10 And the earth also, and the power thereof, even the earth upon which you stand.

 11 And the light which shineth, which giveth you light, is through him who enlighteneth your eyes, which is the same light that quickeneth your understandings;

 12 Which light proceedeth forth from the presence of God to fill the immensity of space—

 13 The light which is in all things, which giveth life to all things, which is the law by which all things are governed, even the power of God who sitteth upon his throne, who is in the bosom of eternity, who is in the midst of all things.

I hope we can actively seek light in our lives, the light of Christ, so we can be strong and grow this school year.