"Create a Personal Sacred Grove"; Genesis 21:33

I recently moved into a new ward.  I don’t know how it happened, but I ended up on the top of everyone’s substitute teacher list.  Even though I’m not called to teach in the Primary, I spent almost two months straight in there this summer.   My favorite part of Primary is the singing time.  I love singing along with the kids and usually challenge the class I’m subbing to try to sing louder than I am.  No class has ever beat me!   One of the songs I love to sing is “My Own Sacred Grove,” which is new to me.  In it, it discusses how we can each find a sacred place to connect with God like Joseph Smith did.   Along with the sweet kids in Primary I have sung the words, “I will find my own sacred grove, far away from all of the noise of the world.”  I believe that is so important and Abraham did too! In Genesis 21:33 after Abraham had settled in the land of Canaan, the scriptures say, “And Abraham planted a grove. . . and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.”   I love that!  Abraham couldn’t find a sacred grove so he made one! And we can do the same.  If we don’t have a place we would call our personal sacred grove we can create one for ourselves– in a closet, in a car, in a park– we can make our own sacred grove.   Music courtesy of bensound.com