No doubt in my mind is family important! Let me tell you why. The Family: A Proclamation to the World says "The Family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan." Man was and is never supposed to be without woman. Family is the most important thing on this earth. Family is central to our creators plan and because of that Satan is trying harder and harder to attack the family unit. He's trying to make it seem like divorce is no big deal and marriage between 2 men or 2 woman is a-okay. God made marriage to be between man and woman, has been and forever will be. There have been so many studies done that children of parents who are a mom and dad turn our way better than those of single-parents or 2 male or 2 females. However, I know that children can't control if they only have 1 parent. My father died when I was 10. My mom has raised me by herself ever since then along will 3 older siblings of mine. My father's death definitely brought my family closer together and as I grew up. I saw why having both a mother and father are so important. I missed out on not growing up with a dad but Heavenly Father had a different plan for him. It was important to me when choosing my future spouse. I had to make sure that he loved kids and was going to stick around while they grow up and live a healthy life so he can be around. I'm going to make sure that my husband is involved in our children's lives because children need their fathers.
It was hard growing up without a dad but I think that I turned out pretty okay. Why? Because I had the Gospel of Jesus Christ in my life. The Proclamation says, "Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ." My family continued to go to church, hold FHE, have family scripture study and prayer, and attend church activities. The Gospel is a marvelous blessing. The Church teaches us that Families Can Be Together Forever and we can see our loved ones on the other side of the veil.
Family is so important, specially in the LDS community. We need to stand tall and defend the family unit that Satan is attacking. We are stronger than him and as families we can be a even stronger unit against him.
It was hard growing up without a dad but I think that I turned out pretty okay. Why? Because I had the Gospel of Jesus Christ in my life. The Proclamation says, "Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ." My family continued to go to church, hold FHE, have family scripture study and prayer, and attend church activities. The Gospel is a marvelous blessing. The Church teaches us that Families Can Be Together Forever and we can see our loved ones on the other side of the veil.
Family is so important, specially in the LDS community. We need to stand tall and defend the family unit that Satan is attacking. We are stronger than him and as families we can be a even stronger unit against him.