Creating a Gospel Centered Home

Today I woke up with a really short temper. My fuse was not long today and with Porter having a rough morning it made it even shorter. I found myself snapping at him all morning long. I stopped took a moment to myself, and said a short prayer that my Heavenly Father would see my short comings and help me by giving me more patients. He has so far and I know I need to make a better effort myself. I have been thinking a lot lately about the example spirtually I am for my children. I have been thinking about how we has parents need to make Christ the center of our lives and our homes. So that our children will grow up doing the same. I want my children to know their Savior, to have a testimony of this gospel, to know right from wrong. Today I read a conference talk entitled Our Raising Generation, to say the least it struck a cord. It talked about how the youth will have increasing harder temptations and struggles. It made me think about my children and how evil the world will be when they are teenagers. I thought it was bad seven years ago when I was in high school, it is worse now and it will be even worse then. I need to be a better example, I need to teach my children now so they will know what to do then. I need to have a gospel centered home where they know their parents love one another, they know they are loved, and they feel of the spirit. I think tonight I will sit down with my hubby and talk about the actions we need to take to create that in our lives and in our homes. I will get back to you tomorrow with those new goals for our family.

I am grateful for:

This morning I am grateful for prayer. That I can kneel down and talk to my Heavenly Father and he will give me the strength I need to make it through the day. I am grateful I had parents who taught me I could do that. How took me to church and taught me to love the savior and to pray to him often. I am thankful for the words of our church leaders and for the Ensign that makes their words available to me. I am thankful for my children, for my husband and for the role of motherhood. Though it ways on me heavyly I am thankful for the respondiablity I have to teach my children this gospel.

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