Is It Working Yet?

We've been having some contention in our home lately. Bryce just seems to have been intentionally mean and thinking it's funny. He grows use to the discipline we dish out. "Mom, that soap tastes like watermelon!" or "If I keep running I am going to be really fast, huh?" In fact, it was so bad that Bryce didn't get to celebrate his 6th birthday. No cake, no ice cream, no presents, nothing! In fact, he got pink eye on his birthday. I like to think that was a little help from above of reinforcing his punishment! :-)
Anyhow, Kevin's mom and I went to a Time Out for Women in Fresno over the weekend of Bryce's birthday. TOFW is put on by our church for (obviously) women. We had wonderful speakers, singers, food, etc! Kevin's sister came up from Salinas, CA and spent some time with use, too! We had fun! We were told how to get rid of 'mom guilt', how amazing we are even though we only dwell on the negative a lot of times, etc. I came away refreshed and feeling like I am not too bad of a mom! I went over with a prayer in my heart that I would find the answer to Bryce's problems! :-) Well I felt impressed to read directly from the Book of Mormon. 3 of the kids are reading now. We usually read from our Book of Mormon stories book and rotate that with the Old and New Testament stories. So we sat the kids down Sunday night and explained to them that we were promised by a prophet that if we read daily from the Book of Mormon as a family we would have the Spirit in our home, less contention and more love and unity. We were about 2 verses into the 1st chapter and Bryce whispered to me, "Mom, is it working yet?" I said, "Yes, Bryce. Can't you feel the love?" He shrugged his shoulders and said, "Sortof."
I have to admit, though, over the last 2 days, he has been doing a lot better! It's nice to be promised something and see the fruits of those promises!