"Create a Personal Sacred Grove"; Genesis 21:33

I recently moved into a new ward. I don’t know how it happened, but I ended up on the top of everyone’s substitute teacher list. Even though I’m not called to teach in the Primary, I spent almost two months straight in there this summer. My favorite part of Primary is the singing time. I love singing along with the kids and usually challenge the class I’m subbing to try to sing louder than I am. No class has ever beat me!

One of the songs I love to sing is “My Own Sacred Grove,” which is new to me. In it, it discusses how we can each find a sacred place to connect with God like Joseph Smith did.

Along with the sweet kids in Primary I have sung the words, “I will find my own sacred grove, far away from all of the noise of the world.” I believe that is so important and Abraham did too!

In Genesis 21:33 after Abraham had settled in the land of Canaan, the scriptures say, “And Abraham planted a grove. . . and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.”

I love that! Abraham couldn’t find a sacred grove so he made one!

And we can do the same. If we don’t have a place we would call our personal sacred grove we can create one for ourselves– in a closet, in a car, in a park– we can make our own sacred grove.

Music courtesy of bensound.com

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