Substitution

Sometimes you just have to make do.
 

Object lessons

After all, what missionary doesn't want to see his friends in the water?
 

Time for a transfer

One of our family Come, Follow Me discussions led to the question, "How would you like to be Paul's mission president?"

 

Sketchbook: Today's Special

Full disclaimer: I have to give partial credit for this idea to (I think) John Bytheway. I was listening to the Follow Him podcast while sketching some doodles about Peter and his vision. Bro. Bytheway said something about "pigs in a blanket" and this was the result.
 

Fill it up!

I thought about making her lamp solar powered, but that seemed a little much. 
 

A little louder for those in the back

I had a friend named Blair in high school. He played the trumpet. I thought that was kind of funny, in a homonymic kind of way. 
 

L'esprit de l'escalier

The French have a phrase (above) that means "D-oh! I shoulda said that!" I can imagine the Rich Young Man had a few thoughts running through his head after he talked with Jesus.
 

Easter Week: The Resurrection

"And when she had thus said, she turned herself back and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.

"Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, tell me where thou has laid him, and I will take him away.

"Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

"Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God."

Happy Easter!

 

Easter Week: The Burial

"The man went unto Pilate and begged the body of Jesus.

"And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein man never before was laid.

"And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on."

 

Easter Week: The Crucifixion

"And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

"And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

"And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into they hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost." 

 

Easter Week: Gethsemane

"Then said he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

"And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt."

 

Easter Week: Jesus Teaches His Disciples

"Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

"For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me doing; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;

"Naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

"Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

"When was we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

"And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."

 

Easter Week: Jesus Teaches

"Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 

"Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 

"And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 

"On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."

 

Easter Week: Cleansing the Temple

"And Jesus went in to the temple of God, and cast our all of them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

"And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves."

 

This is deep

Have you ever seen the videos of people driving through flood waters? Sometimes they make it through and sometimes they don't. The same thing is true for people — sometimes we think we can make it through deep waters on our own and sometimes we can't. 
 

Buy by the basket

For most of us, that would probably take more than one cart.
 

Change of perspective

Waaaaay different imagery, but I'm sure there's still something we could learn from that parable!
 

Ketchup with the scriptures

When you read the parables, it's good to keep in mind that Jesus used images and situations that made sense to the people of the time. How we think of mustard is radically different than how they did. Likewise, they wouldn't have understood a reference to posting to TikTok.

Lucky them!
 

By the way, General Conference is coming up soon! It's time once again for the Ward Cartoonist's General Conference Activity Pack! Download it, use it for your class, your family or your own personal use!

Ask about the billows

The correct answer: the wind's blue.
 

On the other hand...

I struggled with the concept of left and right for the longest time. Then someone pointed out to me that if you hold your hands in front of you, palms out, your right thumb points to your left hand. That clarified everything.