I LOVE Primary!!
Apparently primary is the place I need to be at church in order to feel the Spirit most strongly. Even though I like being in Relief Society too, I really love the more active, energetic feeling of being in primary and I especially love the music. Not being able to sing well is one of my greatest sorrows in life, but in primary I belt out the songs and am often moved to tears while doing so (and not just because my voice is cracking and making unexpected changes from alto to soprano).
We have a fantastic music leader who is able to teach the kids the words to the songs and the meaning behind them. Somehow she is able to hold the attention of a room packed with squirmy kids and adults who end up doing exactly what she wants them to do. We sang so loudly today that I'm sure the sisters in Relief Society could hear us in their room (I always loved it when I could hear the primary kids singing, it was like a soundtrack to the lesson we were having).
I love the truthfulness of the doctrine we sing in primary and feel like it gets to the heart of the gospel. I have many favorite songs but I lose it every time we sing "We'll Bring The World His Truth" especially during the chorus. Our music leader always has the kids stand up as the kids sing...
We are as the army of Helaman.
We have been taught in our youth.
And we will be the Lord’s missionaries
To bring the world his truth.
We have been taught in our youth.
And we will be the Lord’s missionaries
To bring the world his truth.
Seeing the room full of kids standing and singing these words makes me picture them as future missionaries and makes everything we do in primary seem vital. It's the best place to be!
5 comments:
I love Primary too! I was hesitant about serving there when I was first called as a teacher a few years ago, but I loved my time there. Now I'm in the RS presidency, so I don't get to interact much with Primary, but I love the spirit that they bring. We had our Primary program today, and it was so touching. They're just such wonderful spirits!
Agree!
Our program was today and I still have a headache from crying. I felt the spirit so strong today, it was amazing. I love primary music!
I love it, too! My cry moment on Friday/Sabbath was when the music leader started to teach a song that JaLayne taught some years ago (when my babies were babies) for the primary program. It was "We are children, holding hands around the world." Everytime I hear that song, it puts me back in time to that place, those feelings, the people (presidency, and my class kids).
That song always gets me, too!
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