The Articles of Faith

Back when Justin was about to start Kindergarten, his pediatrician told me there might be a slight speech problem. I did not like the sounds of that. So I went home and started working with Justin on speaking his words clearly. I found that he was memorizing things rather quickly. So I decided to have him memorize as many things as possible. His little mind was like a sponge. For starters, I taught him the 13 Articles of Faith. We would work each night on the pronunciation of the words and he got to where he could say each of them clearly and precisely.
After they were learned, we turned to the Pre amble to the Constitution, then to poems and whatever else we could get our hands on. It was so much fun watching him get excited.
Tonight, while reading the scriptures, Justin started reciting the fourth Article of Faith. After reading a few chapters in 1st Nephi, I dug thru a box and was able to find a list of the Articles of Faith. To my surprise, Justin still remembers all 13 of them. He was a little rusty on the last 3 but with a little help, he remembered them.
During his prayer tonight, he thanked Heavenly Father for helping him remember the Articles of Faith. He was so proud of himself and so was I.
Now I'm sitting in my bedroom studying for tomorrow's math final and Justin is laying in his bed singing the Articles of Faith found in the Primary song book.
I'm so proud of my little man. I love you Justin Jeppen Allen!