This morning was the first time using the For the Strength of Youth pamphlet as a open devotional in seminary. For a month at least we will use Tuesdays for True to the Faith and Fridays For the Strength of Youth. I am blessed with eager participants and I was surprised how strongly they felt about sharing their feelings towards several subjects. Especially music, they discussed the wording of the pamphlet for many minutes.
The topics in this book are very relevant to their lives and they have strong opinions. One boy covered health and fitness and that started a conversation about sleep. No one in my class is getting eight hours of sleep. They all thought it would be cool to being able to live on 3-4, but we all know what the consequences are. This devotional lasted 15 minutes with the song and prayer but it really brought a spirit of participation into the class.
Here are some analogies the students came up with this week.
Pharisees to the law of Moses are like hunger is to food.
Samaritans to the Jews (In the New Testament) are like virus to Helper T cells.
Revelation is to testimony like peanut butter is to jelly.
Making up analogies is a fun way to ready students for class and review material.
Good way to start your class. I love the first one!!
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