Higher Purpose....

TALK: Mothers Teaching Children in the Home
BY: Elder L. Tom Perry


The talk I choice to study today was about what we as mothers can teach our children in the home. Of course this is a topic that is consistently on my mind, the importance of staying home, if it is for me or not? There was one phrase in this talk, that really struck a cord and got my brain turning. It read: " ....She was teaching for a higher purpose." Sometimes I think it is very easy, in todays world to completely forget about that " higher purpose." We focus soly on what is right in front of us. What we have to accomplish today, what joys we receive from it today, without giving a second thought to tommorrow. This is my case, exspecially when it comes to the topic of motherhood. I am guilty of completly forgetting what my staying home and teaching gosepel truths, how to be a good, honest person, will do for my children tomorrow. Maybe the real problem is that I care to much about myself and what other people think of my life and accomplishments. Since, I was a little girl I have always looked at the women who are powerful, with amazing careers, women who people listen to and respect. I wanted to be them, once I picked a career that I loved, college, gaining a education was of up most importance to me. Know, that I have accomplished that and had my little man. I am one very confused sole, searching for the right answer for me and my family. Most, of my day is me thinking about this. I am not afraid to admit that when I stay home, I feel like people view me as less, lazy, not as important. I need the Lord's help if helping me find peace in my decisions and life, and in helping me find happiness through the truth. The truth is I was put her to nurture my children and help them find their way home. That is the " higher purpose," my life has and I need to always remember that. It should come first, and career second!

PROCLAMATION TO THE FAMILY:

" 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, Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to porvide for their physical and spiritual needs, and to teach them to love and serve on another, observe the commandments of God, and be law-abiding citizens wherever they live..........
" By design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred repspondibities, mothers and fathers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. "

I need to not always want what I don't have. When I stay home, wish I had work, when I am at work, wish I was at home. I need to find happiness in ever state of life, and that comes from really understanding the gospel and finding my testimony once more.