Family Relations...

When you have children it is not just about us. We have obligations that supersede our own desires and things that we want to accomplish. When children enter the world we can no longer be selfish we need to stop thinking about ourselves and focus on what is best for them. When we try and do what is best for our children we can better teach them the important stuff that they really need to know to be happy. When families are blended, through divorce and remarrying or through adoption or other ways in which two units become one. It is important to make everyone feel included, not just in blended families but also in nuclear biological families. Once you become a family we need to treat everyone like they are a member of the family. We never know when we may need their help and if we don’t treat them very well how can we expect them to treat us very well?

Adversity is sometimes hard to deal with, that is one of the reasons the family is so essential to our lives on this earth. When we need someone to talk to or a shoulder to cry on, most of the time our families will be there. The majority of our lives are spent at home with our families. It is where we are happy and where we are able to learn the important things in our lives that will bless us and help us to be happy. Sometimes we may not seem very happy or we may feel upset at a family member. But remember you will be with your family forever. If you can’t get along with them now, what makes you think eternity will be any better?

The relationships we form in this life will go with us to the next. Within our families we have a source for love and support that cannot be found anywhere else, our families teach us how to love and how to treat people, they treat us how to communicate and how to socialize with those around us. Sometimes we may hit a stumbling block with our families but in the long run we know that no matter what they love us. There is nothing too hard in this life that cannot be worked out with love and understanding. Harold B. Lee said "The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do, will be within the walls of your own home.” As you grow and start having families of your own make sure to always keep them close to the Lord and what is right. As you do this you will be more able to rear your children to what is right and to what they need to do to return to God again someday.

The Family: A Proclamation to the World states, “The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities.”