Yesterday for FHE our lesson was based on this talk, More diligent and concerned at home, by Elder Bednar. Joel and I have been making goals lately so that we can have a more Christ centered home. Both of us have fond memories of serving in the mission field and entering the homes of some of the members and being overwhelmed by the spirit that was felt. We both want that kind of home! After reading this talk we discussed why it was important to be more diligent and concerned at home, what the blessings would be, and what we could both do to achieve this goal.
What does your family do to have a Christ centered home?
Here are some ideas we came up with!
Plan! We want to live the gospel deliberately. So instead of reading the scriptures whenever we have spare time during the day we want to have a schedule again. This has been hard since Brian has been born but if we don't start now it will just become harder. Since mornings are easiest we have been reading in the morning, then just sharing one thing that we learned. We love it! It's definitely created more unity in our marriage and our family. When I read the scriptures I can feel my Heavenly Father's love for me. Then when I look at my husband i'm so filled with love and gratitude that all I can see are his good and amazing qualities. I'm just so thankful for the things that he does for our family and for the example he is to our son. And to me! I don't think I have ever met a more patient man. Especially to put up with me. I am my mothers daughter (my korean mother). see blog "things korean mom's like". Just kidding, I love my korean mom!
We also want to plan our family time. I don't mean militantly schedule each minute of the day. We are trying to plan fun activities that we can do as a family that doesn't involve grocery shopping or lounging around the house. So if anyone has any free/cheap activity ideas we would love some input!!
We had several more but I'm running out of time. I'll put them up later when I upload some photos (never).
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