Faith like a child

Well, sorry for the delay between posts.  This week has been busy like none other.  But this weekend is what I wish to write about.  I spent the weekend with my roommate and her family in their hometown.  Friday night we drove, got there, had a delicious home cooked dinner and after a little girl time we were off to bed.  After sleeping in on Saturday morning, we attended the Festival of Colors at the Krishna temple in Salt Lake City.  That was an amazing experience.  Sufficient to say, I looked like I got dunked in a rainbow by the time it was done.  Saturday night featured amazing Thai food, watching a chick flick and off to bed.  But Sunday was the day that I want to focus on.
  
Once again I slept in and I attended the young single adult ward with my roommate's sister whom I became close friends with very quickly.  Sacrament meeting was a farewell for a sister in the ward.  She gave a wonderful talk on how happiness is the light of Christ.  When we shine with the light of Christ, it can be seen in our eyes and our faces.  Her words were what I needed to hear right now in my life.  After sacrament I attended a temple preparation class.  If you are reading this and aren't LDS, I am preparing to get my endowments.  Endowments are sacred covenants made between a person and Heavenly Father in the temple.  It is a big spiritual step.  After a person receives their endowments, they wear the sacred garments and are held to higher standard.  That's all I know about the endowments right now.  Because they are such sacred covenants, we don't discuss the details of the temple.  Anyway, suffice to say, it was a wonderful class and I got to meet awesome new people.  

This is how I imagine Christ when he is holding a little child. 

But the real experience that struck me was the primary children.  My roommate's mom is the music leader.  My roommate's sister drove me to their homeward church and I got to sit in primary and help my roommate's mom.  She did an amazing job.  But what struck me most was the clear, pure and beautiful understanding and faith these children had in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.  The primary leader asked for the children to go up to the microphone and share an experience helped them know that Heavenly Father loves them.  Their experiences ranged from praying for family members with medical problems and they felt comfort, to not stepping on the water balloon so they wouldn't get wet.  As I sat there listening to their beautiful clear voices and seeing their shining faces, my heart was touched.  I had to hold back the tears as I felt the Spirit and the love Heavenly Father had for these very precious sons and daughters.  

I thought about the challenges they will face growing up in this world.  I knew they would face extraordinarily trying times, but I felt their spiritual strength.  I felt a reassurance that if they were obedient and faithful throughout their lives, they would get through these trials and become the men and women God wants them to be.  Being in the room an
d watching their unwavering faith, it made me want to gain back that kind of faith and conviction.  The scriptures that talk about having faith like a child make a lot more sense to me.  I feel like the older we get, the more we are prone to doubt these simple beautiful truths.  I think that is why God asks us to have the faith like a child.  As adults, we are responsible to be an example to them, but today these children were shining beautiful examples to me. 

I'm grateful to be LDS because the truths taught in the church are so complex that no mortal mind can fully grasp them, yet simple enough that a child can bear a pure testimony of their truthfulness.  The gospel truly is a light in this world.