Father's Blessing

It has been a month of illness, vacation, and out-of-town conferences. We are back in full-swing with FHE and will post regularly again.

Song: The Helping Song
Prayer: Dylan

Lesson: Priesthood Blessings

This was a pretty basic lesson to introduce blessings.

1. What are blessings? A special prayer given by a member of the Priesthood to someone who is sick or in need of counsel, comfort or healing.
2. Can Mom give blessings? Can Tyler give blessings? Can Dylan give blessings? No, only Daddy can give blessings in our family because he holds the Melchizedek Priesthood.
3. Have you ever seen a blessing? Baby Blessings
4. Father's Blessings are special blessings that a father can offer to any member of the family at any time.

Tonight Arthur gave Tyler a father's blessing to prepare him for his upcoming school year.

Activity: Water Balloon Fight

As a side note to this lesson, I wanted to mention that the blessing was a great thing to witness. Tyler was very quiet and stayed still the entire time. He felt very special to be able to receive such a blessing. Immediately after the blessing concluded, he jumped off the chair and exclaimed, "I have to go pee!" and ran to the bathroom. When he finished, he came out and said, "Mommy, that was a REALLY long prayer!"