Leadership

Sean gave the most awesome Family Home Evening lesson tonight.  His Sunday School lesson on Sunday was about leadership.  He didn't give us the same lesson, but expounded on it a little more.  We read the scripture about how man cannot serve two masters.  Either we are following the right or we are chosing wrong, there is no inbetween.  We talked about the qualities of a good leader and the qualities of a follower.  To drive home the point that we have to make a choice of who we are going to follow, he sent Trevin out of the room.  He assigned Travis and Tyrel to be the leaders, Trevin was the follower.  He didn't tell Trevin who was the good leader or who was the bad leader at the beginning.  Sean then built a simple little thing out of Lego's.  Travis and Tyrel had to give directions to Trevin and he was supposed to build what Sean had built without seeing it.  So, he had to make a choice of who to follow because if he followed both of their instructions, he wouldn't end up with the right thing or the reward in the end.

Well, Trevin got totally confused and frustrated with both of his brothers shouting instructions and was confused.  So, Sean allowed him some further "revelation".  He told him that Tyrel was the good leader and to follow him and block out what Travis had to say.  This was easier said than done.  Travis was still yelling instructions and Trevin was having a hard time deciphering what to do.  So, Sean allowed him a little further "revelation".  Tyrel was able to spend 5 seconds with him to show him how to get started without Travis interrupting.

After that, Trevin was able to "resist" what Travis was saying and was able to complete the building correctly even though Travis was still "tempting" him.  It was awesome and I think it really drove home the point to the boys that we need to be following our Savior and doing what our Heavenly Father wants us to do.  That is the plan.  We will be tempted but we have instructions that are clear and we need to follow the commandments and what we have been taught to do so that we can return to live with Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father.