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Sex Education-Why Children Need it From Their Parents

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The world in which we live in today has a very accepting culture. People are encouraged to seek out their own desires and wishes. The focus is on self and individualism. Sex is a certain “activity” that society would say the individual should get at the time, anywhere, anyhow, and with whoever. While this may seem okay to society, as members of families, we should know that there should be some regulation to the how, why, who, and when of sex. Being an advocate for appropriate sex and the importance of its sanctity should begin in the home, with our children. Society hasn’t always been so open with sex. Just when my own mother was young, when a woman got pregnant, they would say she was “in the family way”. People were much more uncomfortable with even saying the word ‘sex’. Everything was proper and people never got divorced. I’m not suggesting that this was better or even preferred, but I think that our society can’t find a healthy balance between keeping sex sacred but not be
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No More Disputations

"A  house divided  against itself cannot stand"-President Abraham Lincoln. This quote was given by Abraham Lincoln, explaining that as long as the country was divided in their stance on slavery, they would not stand. The opposite of standing-falling. 620,000 souls died during the Civil War. Our country, our freedom, means something. Hundreds of years earlier, Christ walked on the Earth. When He came to the Americas, he commanded them not to dispute. 3Nephi 11:28-29: "   28  And according as I have commanded you thus shall ye baptize. And there shall be no   disputations   among you, as there have hitherto been; neither shall there be disputations among you concerning the points of my doctrine, as there have hitherto been.   29  For verily, verily I say unto you, he that hath the spirit of contention is not of me, but is of the devil, who is the father of contention, and he stirreth up the hearts of men to contend with anger, one with another."       Christ taught
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The Love of the Lord is the Law of the Lord

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be God? Have you ever considered that He gives us an opportunity to feel that way right here on Earth?       " When your first child is born, you become a father. The title  father  is sacred and eternal. It is significant that of all the titles of respect and honor and admiration that are given to Deity, He has asked us to address Him as Father. (the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, ' Father, Consider Your Ways')." And of course, mothers are given the same opportunity. Being a parent is the closest we can get to feeling what God feels.       Parents, like God, set rules and boundaries for their children. The rules are meant to protect children and keep them safe. Some parents experience rebellion from their children. The child sometimes demands to not get any punishment for rebelling, saying that they shouldn't be loved any less for 'choosing their own way'. But they do not understand that by disobeying them,
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Satan's Greatest Tool

     “Pornographic or erotic stories and pictures are worse than filthy or polluted food. The body has defenses to rid itself of unwholesome food. With a few fatal exceptions, bad food will only make you sick but do no permanent harm. In contrast, a person who feasts upon filthy stories or pornographic or erotic pictures and literature records them in this marvelous retrieval system we call a brain. The brain won’t vomit back filth. Once recorded, it will always remain subject to recall, flashing its perverted images across your mind and drawing you away from the wholesome things in life.”-Elder Oaks      The drug of today is the easiest to access and is attacking men (and women) of all ages. This isn't something we should be ignoring or pretending isn't there. It is poison. You wouldn't ignore your child if they ingested poison, do not ignore them if they have ingested pornography. There are steps to remove poison that need to be taken immediately. The longer you let it s
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The Easier it Gets, the Harder it Becomes

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints understand that family is central to God's plan. It says so right here in the Family, a Proclamation to the World: " W E, THE FIRST PRESIDENCY  and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children."  Okay, so what about it? Well, if it's central to God's plan, then I would think that it's also central to Satan's plan-to destroy that plan. I have seen this both before getting married and after getting married.       Recently, I was talking to a co-worker about my husband. She said, "And what made you want to get married? I mean, you're just so young!" I was too taken aback to come up with an intelligent reply so I just said, "Um, because I love him???" It was kind of a
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"Man and WIFE man and WIFE"-Prince Humperdink

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Prince Humperdink seemed to have the right idea...it's about a man and  wife. It's like trying to have chocolate chip cookies without the chocolate chips. Or Cupcakes with no frosting. Or Disneyland without Mickey Mouse. I'm sure you get my point. President Hinckley said, "In His grand design, when God first created man, He created a duality of the sexes. The ennobling expression of that duality is found in marriage. One individual is complementary to the other. As Paul stated, “Neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord” (1 Cor. 11:11)."       Elder Ballard gives a phenomenal talk on men and women and Priesthood power. It's called, "Men, Women, and Priesthood Power." Check out this picture he uses throughout his talk to make his point: I really like the way he puts this. Men and women are equal, balancing each other. We are similar, all children of God, but we have our different purposes and charac
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Continued Understanding

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It's been a while since I've updated my blog, but I wanted to continue it, even though my class has ended. I'm in a new class now called Eternal Families. You can probably guess what it's about. I have been reading multiple talks a week-sometimes a day-about families and the different roles of those in the family. Recently I read a talk from one of our late apostles, Elder Boyd K. Packer. He shared a parable that I'd like to share here:                “Once a man received as his inheritance two keys. The first key, he was told, would open a vault which he must protect at all cost. The second key was to a safe within the vault which contained a priceless treasure. He was to open this safe and freely use the precious things which were stored therein. He was warned that many would seek to rob him of his inheritance. He was promised that if he used the treasure worthily, it would be replenished and never be diminished, not in all eternity. He would be tested. If he
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