Choose the Right

On Valentine's evening (after our traditional heart-shaped pizza and Marie Callendars pie),  we went as a family to pick out CTR rings at Deseret Book.  I had brought home a brochure showing all the cool rings they have to offer.  And all the kids showed great interest.  So we decided to let them each pick out their own style. 

Here's a picture of all their rings together.....

 Eric chose a ring with a music staff and the first few notes of the song "Choose the Right."  It looks really cool and he loves it.

Brandon's is called "signature reverse."  It's black with silver CTR letters running through it.  Unfortunately the silver piece came out the first day and we had to reorder.  But we got a new one, and life is good once again.

 Dallin's is just the opposiite of Brandon's.  It is silver with black CTR letters running through it.  It's pretty awesome.

Kyle picked out ring after ring, but unfortunately his fingers were too little to order one of the "cool" rings,  So after what seemed like forever, he finally picked out a "dog-tag style" chain that has a gold shield on it with the words "Armour of God."  It's cool.  He also got a blue rubber CTR ring because it was only $1. 

Jacob got a basic silver "mini" CTR ring.  He loves it.  He also got a chain that says CTR on it too.  (not pictured). 

For family home evening, we talked about what it means to choose the right and how we always have a choice.  And that sometimes the right choice is the hardest one.  We also talked about Kyle's chain "Armour of God."  The kids didn't know what it all meant, so we pulled out our scriptures and talked about the armour and how each piece of that armour represents a spiritual protection for us. Then we watched the really old seminary movie "The Whole Armour of God."  It was a really good night and hopefully it's something they'll remember. 

I love the thought of my kids wearing a CTR ring.  I love that they are proud to wear it at school.  I hope they realize its importance and that this simple action "Choose the Right" can seriously save them a lot of grief in their lives and bring them closer to our Heavenly Father.  Life is all about choices.  It sounds so simple, doesn't it?  Simple or not, it's a great principle to learn!