YOUTH GOAL ACTIVITY. WORD OF WISDOM Blossom Blessings healthy flowerpot. Youth can place these signs in their flower/plant pots to remind them they can bloom where they are planted as they keep God’s laws (D&C 89) to keep us healthy. The blessings are named on the signs, e.g, “run and not be weary,” “find wisdom and great treasure,” “receive health,” “the destroying angel shall pass by them.”
GREAT FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH: Primary, family home evening, Sunday School, Seminary
LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
Word of Wisdom Blossom Blessings healthy flower pot
OBJECTIVE: Read D&C 89. Discuss how Heavenly Father blesses us when we faithfully live the Word of Wisdom. Purchase or plant a healthy plant in good soil. Make the pot signs to mount on sticks to place in pot as reminders of the blessings that come from obedience to this law.
1. Print, color, and cut out the Word of Wisdom Blossom Blessings Healthy Flower Pot decorations. You’ll need a healthy plant or flower in a pot.
2. Glue the four Word of Wisdom Blossom Blessing cards on wooden craft sticks and place them in the soil of a plant or flowerpot.
3. Review the blessings that come from keeping the Word of Wisdom found on the flowers.
4. Water and care for this plant thinking about the Word of Wisdom each day. Imagine how the plant would wilt and die if it were not fed properly or if you watered it with alcohol or caffeinated drinks.
5. As you give it sunshine and water and watch it grow, nurture your own body and keep the Word of Wisdom by getting the proper nutrition, sleep, exercise, and water and avoid harmful substances.
THOUGHT TREAT: (Run-and-Not-Be-Weary Sprouts). Share with youth some bean sprouts or Alfalfa sprouts. These are great on pita bread with cream cheese; then top with sprouts.
Thought: We can really grow or sprout up or get healthier as we keep the Word of Wisdom. We can “And shall run and not be weary, and shall walk and not faint” (D&C 89:20). Also read Proverbs 24:10 (we should be strong physically and spiritually so we will not falter in “time of trouble”).
THIS ACTIVITY CAN BE USED FOR Come Follow Me
• FEBRUARY Lesson 7 “Why should I treat my body like a temple?” ⇒
• JULY Lesson 3 “What covenants did I make at baptism?” ⇒
• NOVEMBER Lesson 5 “Why does the Lord want me to be healthy?” ⇒
