Okay, I don't know about you, but my biggest dream is to have a huge family that does literally everything together! After all, that is how my family was raised and we are so close and honest and we rely on each other for almost everything. All growing up I was the kid who got invited to activities and then asked if my whole family could come too. It didn't end up happening too often because we are a pretty big family but the important thing was that I wanted to be with them! How do we get to this point where we WANT to be with our families and why is it so important to have strong family connections?
To start, I think the base of a strong family is to know what a family is and what a family should be. One of the things my family lives by and has used as doctrine is called "The Family Proclamation to the World". I am going to be using certain teachings from it throughout my blog so if you want to read it yourself, here is the link! Enjoy! (https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/the-family-a-proclamation-to-the-world/the-family-a-proclamation-to-the-world?lang=eng)
In the Family Proclamation to the World it says, "The Family is central to the Creator's plan for the eternal destiny of His children." Which to me helps me to know that the families we are in are given to us by God and we are central to His plan. That means we are important! If we as families are important to God, shouldn't we cherish them as much as He does? Okay, I just want to give you a challenge for this week because why not try to improve the important things in our lives? This week try to do something with your family or even an individual person in your family that could improve your relationship with them. It could even be getting a treat with a sibling and just talking in the car on the way there and back. Make it simple, but make it count!!
Love you all!
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