The mom picked a scripture for each child that she prayed over them for an entire year. She traced their hand, wrote the scripture on it, laminated it, and placed it in her Bible.
(pinned 45 weeks ago - about time, don't you think - but probably most of these will be that old) And here are mine (not laminated yet, of course!)
Here is Magnificent blessing from Heaven # 1 demonstrating the process
And all five mostly finished (you know, still have to do that whole laminating thing) - I probably picked one a bit too long for Magnificent blessing from Heaven #5's cute smallness, but I thought that the "quiver full" scripture was most apt for the last one.
Are you curious - do you want to know which ones I picked? Well, gonna tell you anyway
Magnificent blessing from Heaven # 1: Psalms 144:12 ... that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace (I did look up "daughters" specifically for her) - I especially liked the "polished" reference
Magnificent blessing from Heaven # 2: Matthew 18:4 Whosoever therefore shall ahumble himself as this little bchild, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. - Because he is so very humble
Magnificent blessing from Heaven # 3: 3 Nephi 17:24 And as they looked to behold they cast their eyes towards heaven, and they saw the heavens open, and they saw angels descending out of heaven as it were in the midst of fire; and they came down and aencircled those little ones about, and they were encircled about with fire; and the angels did minister unto them. - This one has specific significance relating to him: this scripture (the whole chapter really) has always made me cry and years ago when we were reading this - he was 6 - and as I choked up the other two were wondering why I was starting to cry and he in his youthful knowledge said "She was touched" - I'll never forget it.
Magnificent blessing from Heaven # 4: Proverbs 22:6 aTrain up a bchild in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. - Who can leave this one out when talking about scriptures and children in the same sentence and it has the word "train" in it. Can't get more applicable than that.
Magnificent blessing from Heaven # 5:
5 aHappy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, ... - See above explanation (and I really like "they shall not be ashamed", but sometimes I wonder if I am reading it in the correct context)
Let's see if I can keep this going without too many cheats (i.e. posting things that I have already done that I have found on pinterest)
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