This is ME Monday (Yes it is Monday!)-Week 5

Week 5: What are your feelings for "The Family: A Proclamation to the World"?

For those of you who might need a refresher on this sacred document you can find it here.

Well, from my first sentence you know that I find this proclamation to be sacred, and revere it as scripture.  I have read this statement more times that I can even count, but every time I read it, I feel inspired and reminded of my role in our Heavenly Father's Plan and in my home as a wife and mother.  I feel that if the world read and took to heart this document, many of the problems we see in our world would dissipate.  Even if they wouldn't follow it to the letter of the law, but just remembered that the family is central to God's plan and central to our lives then maybe we would see a whole lot less selfishness and a whole lot more teamwork.  

Often times when I struggle with myself (usually who I struggle with the most) on whether or not I am doing the right things for my children and leading them down the right paths I reflect on this part of the proclamation:

"Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. “Children are an heritage of the Lord” (Psalms 127:3). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, to teach them to love and serve one another, to observe the commandments of God and to be law-abiding citizens wherever they live. Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations."

This is what I need to remember when I teach my children.  I need to teach them about love, serving one another, keeping the commandments, and to be law abiding citizens.  I will let you take that to whatever level you may like, but for me this is huge.  As a "homeschool mom" I often want to make sure I am teaching all that needs to be taught academically, but at times I forget that the best lessons for my child will come through my teaching him the gospel and that he is a literal child of God.  

If you haven't read the proclamation in a while, I encourage you to do so.  It is a sacred gift from our Heavenly Father that was delivered by men who are endowed from on high.  We will be forever blessed if we heed the teachings in this document, and this I know with all of my heart.