My favorite musical number from General Conference last weekend was "Love is Spoken Here" near the end of the Sunday morning session. It brought back happy memories of singing with my family growing up. Including parents, we had a total of 4 girls and 6 boys, so we could pull off a pretty good version of this number and frequently sang it for Family Home Evening, dinner guests, family gatherings, and I think we even sang in church a time or two. I'm certain that I rolled my eyes more than once at my Dad's request for us to sing together (sorry Dad) and I probably made disparaging comments (sorry everyone else) about our performances. But years later, my heart lights up when I hear this song and makes me really miss those times and the feelings of togetherness that come from being part of a family.
My parents' example of faith, love, perseverance, charity and service is a constant in my life and I am thankful for it every day. I feel so blessed to have grown up in a home where love was spoken and taught. I agree with the lyrics about the power of example and the reminder that the Savior is near when we speak in love. When I have happy memories from my childhood, it always makes me wonder what our children will remember from their growing-up years.
(Girls) I see my mother kneeling with our family each day.
I hear the words she whispers as she bows her head to pray.
Her plea to the Father quiets all my fears,
And I am thankful love is spoken here.
(Boys) Mine is a home where ev’ry hour is blessed by the strength of priesthood pow’r,
With father and mother leading the way,
Teaching me how to trust and obey;
And the things they teach are crystal clear,
For love is spoken here.
[ending together] I can often feel the Savior near
When love is spoken here.
“Love Is Spoken Here,” Children’s Songbook of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 190–91, Words and music: Janice Kapp Perry
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5 years ago
3 comments:
I love this song too and I agree, it was a rare one at conference, but good.
Although, I have to admit, the real thing that pulled me to your blog was that I quickly glanced at your e-mail and thought it said, "Love is Spooky Here."
How could I resist? I thought it was a pre-Halloween blog post or something!
Hmnf.
Oh yeah, sorry if I just ruined that song for the rest of your life :-)
MoooHaHaHaHa!
I totally agree. I loved hearing that song in conference. I listened to it twice because it was so beautiful. Sisi was happy she knew it too.
This is one of the few primary songs that I learned all the words to in German. I love this song too. So pretty. Didn't you love Elder Bednar's talk too about telling and showing your family how much you love them? Warm fuzzies (I also loved that gift to President Monson).
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