Apparently last Wednesday was the 20th anniversary of "The Family: A Proclamation to the world"! My favorite part of the whole thing is "IN THE PREMORTAL REALM, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshipped God as their Eternal Father and accepted His plan by which His children could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize their divine destiny as heirs of eternal life. The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally." It is amazing to me how big Heavenly Father's plan is. Yet each of us has a special part in it. I've been thinking a lot lately about families and why they are so important. Every family is different with different challenges, strengths, circumstances, etc. I guess this is the part where I let my guard down a little, right? Right. haha To give a little background, we have been a single parent family for my whole life. I've never known anything different. I have never really had a relationship with my dad and I don't really see that changing. Growing up, I thought that was normal. It never really occured to me how different we were from other families. But as I got older it suddenly hit me like a brick. Responsibilities got tougher, and so life got tougher. Not many would say this but I am so grateful. Every single thing that has happened up until this point in my life is a blessing. Maybe a blessing in disguise, but still a blessing nonetheless. You know that saying "God gives his toughest soldiers the toughest battles?" or something like that haha. Well my Mom always comes to mind when I hear that. I can't possibly even imagine what it's like for her but she still deals with us 3 crazy kids;) Anyways, where I'm going with this is that families are so important. Whether you have 2 or 1 parent(s) families are still ordained of God. I truly believe everything happens for a reason and we need to learn how to embrace it. It definitely won't be the easiest thing but will be the most worth it. Our family circumstances have brought us all the more closer. Sometimes in life happiness can be so hard to find. Especially amongst trials and other hard things we face. Heavenly father doesn't expect us to be perfect but he wants us to press on. I know that we weren't just sent here to have sorrow and learn how to deal with it. If you didn't watch the General Women's meeting last night, you should. It was great. Here is one of my favorite quotes I am so grateful that there are such things as families. I wouldn't trade mine for the world. My brothers and I Me and my cousins Left to Right: Grandparents, cousin Mal, me, Brother on his HS graduation, Oldest brother, cousin Bri, and auntie Jami Left to Right: Gramps, auntie Tracy, my mom, and Grammy basically some of the greatest people I know. My aunts and uncle, grandma in the middle and mom on the far right.
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"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed." - James 1:5-6 Quote Of The Week:
"Give it to God and go to sleep." - Unknown |