Sunday, October 21, 2007

A Sunday Devotional from the Payne Twins

Rarely seen on this here blog, the Payne Twins re-enact one of their favorite stories from the scriptures.

Having repented of their murderous ways The Anti-Nephi-Lehies bury their weapons of war and refuse to take up arms to defend themselves against their enemies. (Read the story here.) As a result of their sacrifice, more than a thousand souls were converted to Christ.

After battling for days, I had enough of the plastic swords and the crying and fighting that came with them. Instead of just taking the swords away, S.A.M. and I decided to make it a "teaching moment." Initially, they weren't too excited about burying their swords, but they soon got into spirit of it.
Update: The boys super secrety plans (They think I don't know. Of course I know! Moms know everything!) to dig up the swords on Halloween have been thwarted by the family dog. She dug them up this morning and had her way with them. Buwahahahhhaaaaaaaa!

22 comments:

  1. aubreyannieOctober 21, 2007 at 9:44 PM

    first.

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  2. aubreyannieOctober 21, 2007 at 9:45 PM

    neener.
    that is awesome, annie! what a good mom you are to make your punishment into an object lesson. and make them learn some good work ethic in the process. what cute little payne twins you have.

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  3. Super Happy GirlOctober 21, 2007 at 9:48 PM

    Awww, well thank you for sharing that.
    You are such a good/wise mom :D

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  4. Elizabeth-WOctober 21, 2007 at 9:50 PM

    My favorite part of the story: The "read the story here" part! I bust out laughing at that...sort of like a link to a newspaper or something :D
    Love it!!

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  5. KlinOctober 21, 2007 at 9:57 PM

    That is a superb idea! You rock as a mom!

    Thanks for being an example to me.

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  6. Nancy FaceOctober 22, 2007 at 12:32 AM

    You're one awesome (and genius) Mom! :)

    And the sons of the Anti-Nephi- Lehies became...a Living Scriptures video.

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  7. Phae-JaeOctober 22, 2007 at 6:15 AM

    Those are the cutest Anti-Nephi-Lehies wanna be's I've ever seen!

    Love that idea.

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  8. YvonneOctober 22, 2007 at 7:35 AM

    That is a great idea--what a great way to make the scriptures come to life. I wonder how the FM guys would like it if I had the Seminary kids dig on the grounds and bury their weapons of rebellion. (I'd have to dig a pretty big hole!!!)

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  9. AnonymousOctober 22, 2007 at 7:49 AM

    Very cool. I wish I could've my two youngest to you when they spent an entire 1 hr. and 40 min. drive home yesterday picking on one another.

    Of course we'd have been burying fingers and feet. That probably woudn't have gone over too well with the neighbors.

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  10. Tori :)October 22, 2007 at 8:50 AM

    What a great idea!! You are so wise.
    And that means their children will be stripling warriors- who made my hottie cartoon character list.

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  12. SuzanneOctober 22, 2007 at 10:28 AM

    Now they'll have practice for when they try out for the movie, right? :D

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  13. normanbatesmommaOctober 22, 2007 at 12:19 PM

    1st- Anonymous, that is tacky. No spamming.

    2nd- The sons of these men in the story loved their mommas. Much like my Norman.

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  14. nikkoOctober 22, 2007 at 1:32 PM

    Very cool idea. Do you DH will let me have mine bury the nintendo? :o)

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  15. carrieOctober 22, 2007 at 1:45 PM

    I know you all are so jealous of me being related to such a good and smart Mommy:)

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  16. Bill... just BillOctober 22, 2007 at 2:19 PM

    Hopefully they weren't made in China, and aren't currently leaching high levels of lead into the groundwater beneath your house. And you can probably turn the learning moment into a science project for their middle school years. It takes like 450 years for the plastic rings from a six-pack to biodegrade - their swords will probably be in like-new condition. :)

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  17. AmandaOctober 22, 2007 at 3:14 PM

    Great idea! You are a very wise mom! Too funny about the dog. He is apparently wise as well! :)

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  18. Carrot JelloOctober 22, 2007 at 6:00 PM

    What a fabulous idea!
    I just might steal it. You are the Martha Stewart of mothers.

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  19. Busy Bee LaurenOctober 22, 2007 at 10:22 PM

    I should bury my twilight books. They have become a false idol.

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  20. MillieOctober 23, 2007 at 8:26 AM

    The dog you hate? :) Is she your friend now?

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  21. elasticwaistbandladyOctober 24, 2007 at 10:23 PM

    My dog had his way with the awesome magnet I bought for Carrie this morning. I found it all chewed up and hidden under my son's dirty underwear.

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  22. RandiOctober 25, 2007 at 7:33 AM

    I love it! A teaching moment AND you get rid of the offending swords! I wish I'd thought of that!!

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