Day 196

• Principle: Parables are a great way to teach and learn today.
• Book of Mormon Reading: Alma 33:12 - 33:23
  • What can you do to overcome the hardening of the heart to understand the words of the Lord? 
• General Conference and LDS Magazines are often full of parables.  Here are a few talks to consider:
  • A Parable in My Windowsill
  • The Parable of the Tomato Plant
  • The Parable of the Anthill and the Cell Phone
  • The Parable of the Treasure Vault
• Today you have a chance to write your own parable.  What is something you have learned in your life that has made a difference to you?  No think of an experience or example that demonstrates and teaches that lesson.
  • For example if you chose persistence as your topic you could use how a river, over time, creates the Grand Canyon.  
• Lastly write down your parable and give it a name.
  • From the previous example: The Parable of the Grand Canyon. 
• If you get stuck review the parables listed above for some ideas.
• Additional Study:
  • Howard W. Hunter, “The Pharisee and the Publican”, April 1984
  • We Are Sowing, Hymns No. 216
  • Our Primary Colors, Children’s Songbook No. 258