medals of power

I have the boys memorize scripture masteries and right now we're learning (all of us- I never memorized them in high school) Helaman 5:12

"And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall."

So, we're talking about what it means to build your foundation on Christ. We read a talk by Thomas S. Monson (click here) "How Firm a Foundation". He said the word "quest" and I HAD to capitalize on that! We talked about how our life is a quest and we are fighting Satan and all the obstacles he throws in our way. And usually when a warrior goes on a quest, a wise person gives him something for his quest. So I got these medals made (with a ribbon to wear around your neck) with the three things that Monson said in his talk: prayer, scriptures and service. They love love this computer game called Titan Quest, and I told them their medals are like the whatever in their game that gives them power, but this medal never runs out of power. So if they are running low of power during their quest, they use their medals (prayer, scripture and service) and get more power. We have been praying for what we should do for our New Years resolutions and we decided that it will be service.