Blessing Blockers

Yesterday the kids and I watched the short video of

 Elder Utchdorf's called, "A Shower of Heavenly Blessings". 

If you haven't seen it, IT'S MARVELOUS! 

Click HERE to see the video

After the video I had a short and sweet teaching moment with my kids. We got into a small discussion about the umbrellas, what they were, and how they were "blessing blockers." 

What are some of the things in our lives that block us from receiving the blessings that Heavenly Father is constantly raining down on us?

The kids then said;

"being mean"

"not being nice"
(Okay that's basically the same thing as "being mean".. ha ha)

"hitting people"

"not paying tithing"

"not listening to teachers"

"not helping mom or dad"

"complaining"

etc.

It was wonderful to hear that my eight year old and six year old understood what it was to have blessings being blocked from them. 

I then asked, "Do we want blessings? Or should we put up an umbrella to block out Heavenly Father?"

They then both shouted, "NO! WE WANT BLESSINGS!"

This was an out of the blue teaching moment. I was not preparing to talk about this today but it was what we needed! The Spirit often works that way. It took 5 minutes out of our day to watch a video and now change our perspective on blessings. We need to be aware of our actions so we can keep that umbrella down and receive the pouring of blessings in our lives. This short message also shows how much LOVE our Father in Heaven has for us. He wants to bless us, He wants us to put down our umbrellas of doubt, fear and sin. He wants us to be followers of Him and His Son, by learning of Him and following His example.