FHE gets real

Tonight for FHE I taught a lesson on repentance. I used an object lesson from the Friend. I poured salt on a plate, representing our souls. Then a sprinkled on some pepper, representing our sins.

After rubbing the back of a plastic spoon on a paper towel, I hovered it over the plate and The peppered jumped up to cling to the spoon, leaving just the salt behind. That represented Jesus and his ability to forgive and wash away sins. Then the kids all wanted a turn to pour the pepper and use the spoon. I let Vienna shake out some pepper, but Felicity was very upset that she didn’t get to do the pepper part. I told her it to grab the pepper because the lid was loose. In an effort to show us all what sin looks like, she disobeyed and yanked the pepper container away from her sister. She ran off with it to the kitchen where the loose lid did fly off and Felicity accidentally dumped out the entire container of pepper. That resulted in wailing sobs and angry yells from her siblings. We then ended our lesson in a bit of a foul mood with a reminder that we should obey our parents. Felicity gave us a very real life demonstration of the need for repentance!