Today in my LDS Marriage and Family class we read The Family: A Proclamation to the World, a talk by President Henry B. Eyring titled The Family, and a talk by Elder Richard G. Scott titled Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge. Right now I would just like to discuss The Family Proclamation.
I have read this Proclamation many MANY times. I thought I understood ever aspect of it...I WAS SO WRONG!! As I reread this wonderful document I realized even more how blessed I am to be a member of this church!! What other church has instruction straight from God on what a family is and how it should function?? NONE! We are so blessed to have modern prophets and modern day revelation so that we can enjoy such freedoms!!
I find it interesting that this document was written and released in 1995 way before the debate over same-sex marriage was even brought up! It is amazing to know that God inspired His prophets to tell the world that the only marriage ordained by Him is between a man and a woman!! Also amazing is that the Prophet was so inspired to include that we are all made in God's image and that we are "a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. GENDER IS AN ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC OF INDIVIDUAL PREMORTAL, MORTAL, AND ETERNAL IDENTITY AND PURPOSE!" God made us male and female for a reason! We have a purpose being the gender we are and it was His divine plan that made us this way!! It is incredible that the world around us is trying to pervert His ways when He has made it VERY clear how we are to live and what His plan for us is!
Thinking about the family and marriage is a scary thing to me. I am excited to begin that journey with the one I love and to bring Heavenly Father's children into this world...but it is so scary to think of how terrible the world around me is right now and that when I start a family it is only going to be getting worse!! We need each other in this church so much right now! The world is making it seem okay to get divorced if it's not what you thought it would be or that infidelity is the 'norm' or even that homosexual relations is alright!! Is this the world we want to raise Heavenly Father's children in? We need to take a stand for what we believe in and not let these people ruin the Lord's purpose for us on this earth!
I guess I'm really passionate about this because of the work that my father does and because I know that this is a good cause! We cannot just leave it to the government to sort it out or leave these people alone to live their own lives and let them be dealt with later...nothing will change unless every member of this church, and those who believe the family is sacred as we do, take a stand and make a difference!!
Susie, this is Will. Awesome comments. The truth is always so simple. My boss and I have frequent discussions about the explanation that, to us it seems so simple, marriage is between a man and a woman. She said that there is a "modern" term for marriage and that is whatever makes us happy. How can anyone deny the pursuit of happiness? I strongly disagree with her statement, what do you think?
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