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| Mother With Praying Child by Johann G.M. von Bremen( 1813-1886) |
“You are the guardians of the hearth. You are the bearers of the children. You are they who nurture them and establish within them the habits of their lives. No other work reaches so close to divinity as does the nurturing of the sons and daughters of God.” Gordon B. Hinckley
A while back I started to think that this part of my life was past and the idea of the hearth didn’t pertain to me. Not really....Nevertheless, it does include me. As grandmother, mother, daughter, aunt, cousin, niece, and granddaughter, I have eternal responsibilities to watch over and be a righteous influence in my family.
"Even if I were the only living member of my family, I am still a member of God’s family, and I have a responsibility to help strengthen other families. The greatest help we will have in strengthening families is to know and follow the doctrines of Christ and rely on Him to help us.” Barbara Thompson
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6
"Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honor thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with tee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord." Ephesians 6:1-4
"And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins."2 Nephi 25:26
"...they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them. And they rehearsed unto me the words of their mothers, saying: We do not doubt our mothers knew it." Alma 56:47-48
"But I have commanded you to bring up your children in light and truth." Doctrine and Covenants 93:40
“When we strive with faith, nothing wavering, to fulfill the duties appointed to us, when we seek the inspiration of the Almighty in the performance of our responsibilities, we can achieve the miraculous.” Thomas S. Monson
“To obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams” 1 Sam. 15:22.
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation” Rom. 1:16
“The testimony which ye have borne is recorded in heaven for the angels to look upon; and they rejoice over you, and your sins are forgiven you” D&C 62:3
“With some I am not well pleased, for they will not open their mouths, but they hide the talent which I have given unto them, because of the fear of man” D&C 60:2
“be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you” 1 Pet. 3:15
