A Conversation with Tessa

Yesterday while eating lunch I was reading the conference Ensign. Tess was reaching for it so I asked her if she wanted one too. She did so I handed her one. She found a picture of Jesus inside the cover and started talking about it. The spirit whispered, "Pay attention, this is a teachable moment." So I stopped eating and reading and talked to her about the picture. Then the thought came, "Ask her what she remembers about Jesus." So I asked. Without hesitation she said a word that I didn't understand with her pronunciation, but I could tell she knew what she was talking about. I asked her to repeat it and I tried guessing. After a few times I finally got it. The word she used to describe what she remembers about Jesus? Organize.

This is a word she would not know in every day living in our house. So I put my mind to work on it since I figured she knew what she was talking about. In the talk I was reading at that moment by Sister Beck there is this quote: "The purpose of Relief Society, as established by the Lord, is to organize, teach, and inspire His daughters to prepare them for the blessings of eternal life."

Other ways my thoughts have meandered over this:
In the creation of the earth, it was more a matter of organization instead of a matter of creation.

This scripture in D&C 109: 8 Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing, and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God;

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15 And that they may grow up in thee, and receive a fulness of the Holy Ghost, and be organized according to thy laws, and be prepared to obtain every needful thing;

According to these thoughts and Tess's memory, Jesus is a master organizer. Amazing concept. Amazing that is what she would remember. I'm thankful for whisperings of the spirit to prompt me to make use of the teachable moment because it was me who was taught remarkably.