Our Scripture Study

My husband and I felt something was missing in our scripture study. When our children were at home, my husband read from the scriptures after dinner while we cleaned up the kitchen. The children welcomed the company and enjoyed having something to listen to while they did the dishes. We stopped frequently to explain what words meant and to summarize or rephrase sections. My husband might even insert a child’s name in the scripture. Amid protests of, “Dad, it doesn’t say that!”, he’d finally admit, “maybe it didn’t, but it could have.”  Sometimes, we shared an experience from our lives which related to the scripture, and often, they shared experiences with us, usually from school. As parents, we had the clear goal of trying to help our children relate the scriptures to their lives.

Now that our children are grown and have homes of their own, my husband and I continue to study the scriptures. We follow The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint’s course of scripture study for the year and attend our Sunday School classes where we appreciate the teacher’s insights. We read the small course guide which contains the reading assignments. We also read the footnotes in The  Church's edition of the scriptures, from the Bible dictionary, and articles which coordinate with our scripture study from the Ensign (adult magazine of The Church), occasionally sharing some thoughts from our study with each other. Though we learned a lot, we still felt that something was missing.

People Testify of God

• One of the ways we can know that God is real is to read the accounts of others who have seen God.  All the prophets have testified of our Savior. Here are some of their experiences. 

God, Privilege of Seeing     

 Adam

• in my flesh shall I see God: Moses 5:10 . 
Enoch

Enoch beheld the Son of Man ascend: Moses 7:59 . 

Enoch walked with God: Gen. 5:24 . 

Abraham

          Abraham, talked with the Lord, face to face: Abr. 3:11 . 

          Lord appeared unto me: Abr. 2:6 .