Teach Them to Understand
This morning I listened to a devotional that Elder Bednar gave at BYU-Idaho nearly 30 years ago which my sister referred me to. He referenced these words of the Savior spoken to the people in the land Bountiful after His first day of teaching them: “Therefore, go ye unto your homes, and ponder upon the things which I have said, and ask of the Father, in my name, that ye may understand, and prepare your minds for the morrow, and I come unto you again” (3 Nephi 17:3). Elder Bednar made this observation, “What a marvelous formula! (1) Go to your home, (2) ponder upon the things that have been said, (3) ask of the Father in Christ's name that you will understand, and (4) prepare your mind for additional instruction. Even though the most powerful teacher who ever lived was in their midst and instructing these people, yet He, Jesus Christ, recognized that true understanding would come in the home. I find it powerful and significant that Christ emphasized the setting of the home as the p...