RS lesson

I taught RS on Sunday and the subject was Elder Porter's talk from the October conference about a broken heart and a contrite spirit. I gave everyone a ball of playdoh to play with (I made a LOT of playdoh on Saturday-- there's about 60 sisters in our RS!) and asked them to think of how a broken heart might be likened to the playdoh. The sisters had great responses and there are many answers. Basically it boils down to this: a broken heart and a contrite spirit is similar to playdoh because both are willing to be molded and shaped by the Master without resistance. We discussed why it is sometimes hard to turn our hearts over to God and let him direct our lives. When we are willing to do this, we become humble and teachable enough to seek repentance, receive forgiveness and let the atonement take effect in our lives.