My wife taught this lesson on Sunday and I helped her by making a picture to hang on the wall and a handout to give to each sister. Here is the link to the full talk: https://www.lds.org/study/general-conference/2018/10/our-campfire-of-faith?l=

This really got me thinking about what my campfire of faith looks like? We went camping last weekend and had an interesting time with our campfires. It snowed a few days earlier and so all the wood up there was wet. We brought some wood with us and found a bunch of wood there that I thought would be good. My first few fires I relied on the lighter fluid and the good wood that we brought to catch the other wood we found on fire. It worked ok but it lacked the heat and light that we were looking for. I then decided to go back to my boy scout training and make a proper fire, I started with pine needles and I chopped up some smaller kindling and then put some bigger twigs and then on the outside the bigger logs. Finally, we got a fire worth sitting around and enjoying in the freezing cold. Occasionally, I would threw a bunch of lighter fluid on for a burst of heart and light, but amazingly enough it was not the bursts of heart that got the proper fire that lasted and sustained us in the cold, it was the proper layers of wood and taking the time to build it right that was the only way to get a good fire. There was no shortcutting the process.

This experience got me thinking about my campfire of faith. There are no shortcuts when it comes to faith either, we must build our fire of faith by the small and simple primary answers of prayer, scripture study, church attendance, etc… And then add the bigger twigs and then the larger logs, otherwise our fire will not be hot enough and bright enough to sustain us through our cold nights. Let’s spend more time building our campfire of faith that it can sustain any degree of cold or wind, so that we can serve our fellow men and be greater instruments in the Lord’s hand.

Craig

Below is the quote and handout I made for my wife.

“as we face the light and warmth of a campfire, we leave the darkness and uncertainty behind us–how on sometimes long, lonely nights, our campfire of faith can give hope and assurance. And the dawn does come. Our campfire of faith–our memories, experiences, and heritage of faith in God’s goodness and tender mercies in our life–has strengthened us through the night.” Gerrit W. Gong