Love in the Family

In last week’s discussion, we talked about our own perceptions of family and how was our family like. Families are all different. They all have different rules that make them get along, they have different goals, and also each member of the family has a different role. In my family, my dad is the one who works to support financially our family. My mom stays at home and veils for us and raises the children. My sisters and me we just live. I go to college here and my sisters are still finishing school in Peru.  I personally love the relationship I have with my mom and my dad and I hope that someday I could have the same kind of relationship with my daughters. We all get along pretty well and when talking about family mapping, there is a just clear boundary between me and my sisters and my parents. I think that is a good thing and that we should all strive to be like that someday. What I think that makes us be like this is because we always put others first and then we think about ourselves.

Love is the principle that rules our house and family. If we don’t love each other, how could we be like Jesus? Jesus is the perfect example my parents had always taught us to be like. In D&C 124: 87 “Therefore, let my servant William put his trust in me, and cease to fear concerning his family, because of the sickness of the land. If ye love me, keep my commandments; and the sickness of the land shall redound to your glory.” Love in a family implies also living and keeping the commandments. When they all do it, they are highly and entirely blessed for it. Because we are all different, certain commandments may be harder to follow for one, and others to others. In a family, we should always support each other. If we see someone is having a hard time following Jesus, let us be the ones who bring them back to Christ. Let's all love one another!