[Teachldsseminary] Object lesson

[Kim Malacko]

Just thot I would share an object lesson I used today.  I gave each student 
a sealed envelope containing a paper with the scripture  2 Nephi 31: 17-20 
written on it, and a small, thin glow stick (the kind that come 6 per pack 
that you make a necklace or something out of)...anyway....
We were talking about the Plan of Salvation and how we are all born with the 
light of Christ, but it was up to us to take that little light and use it to 
grow and progress along the path and obtain more light.  I  told them that 
inside the envelope were two things:  #1. the answer to obtaining eternal 
life with God, and #2, a gift from  God to help us find the answer.   Then I 
turned the lights out so that we were in complete darkness.    Then I told 
them to open their envelopes, that they had the answer right in front of 
them.  They also had a gift from God and it was up to them to decide what to 
do with it,  use it to find the answer, or leave it alone and stay in 
darkness.   It was a silent activity - at first they were a little chatty 
and giggling (they love the glow sticks), but once they started reading, all 
was silent.    It was neat.   When the lights went up (everyone was still 
silent) I showed the  song from the O.T.  DVD (Plan of Salvation)  and we 
had the closing prayer.
Kim