My First Official Post!

I have learned a lot this week about families so I will share with you the highlights.
First of all we talked about different trends that we are seeing in the world today regarding the family. One of those trends in the amount of couples choosing to live together instead of getting married. Premarital sex has become much more common in society today as well. We also see an increase of mothers that aren't married. I find it interesting that many of the trends seem to correlate with each other. It will be interesting to learn how these trends are affecting people.

The assignment that really stuck out to me this week was the fertility discussion board. There were some amazing quotes about having families. These are my favorite.

"There are multitudes of pure and holy spirits waiting to take tabernacles, now what is our duty?-- To prepare tabernacles for them...It is the duty of every righteous man and woman to prepare tabernacles for all the spirits they can."

                              -President Brigham Young

This is amazing! Even though this was said many many years ago it is still true today. It reinforces to me that my husband and I need to be doing everything that we can to prepare ourselves for the opportunity of having children.
This next quote is kind of lengthy but I really like it so here it is...

"You  did not come on earth just to "eat, drink and be merry." You came knowing full well your responsibilities. You came to get for yourself a mortal body that could become perfected, immortalized, and you understood that you were to act in partnership with God in providing bodies for other spirits equally anxious to come to the earth for righteous purposes. And so you will not postpone parenthood. There will be rationalists who will name to you numerous reasons for postponement. Of course, it will be harder to get your college degrees or your financial start with a family, but strength like yours will be undaunted in the face of difficult obstacles."                              

                               -President Spencer W. Kimball

Again that is just amazing! Reading this quote helped me to understand more fully what our purpose here on this earth is. Like it says in The Family: Proclamation to the World, "the family is central to the Creator's plan for the eternal destiny of His children." We are all children of our Heavenly Father and he wants us all of his children to have the opportunity to come to the earth.