Family

 *photo by Jonathan Canlas

I was just reminded of the song, "The Family is of God."  I think that the chorus is my favorite part:

"God gave us families to help us become what He wants us to be-

This is how He shares His love, for the fam'ly is of God."

I love that simple truth.  In families, we learn how to become like our Heavenly Father.  Steve and I are diligent about teaching our children the gospel, but we learn more from them than they learn from us, especially about things like humility, forgiveness, faith, and love.  I'm so grateful for these little teachers of mine.

You can listen to the whole song here, or just watch a portion of it with Steve and Mei Li singing.

1. Our Father has a family. It’s me!
It’s you, all others too: we are His children.
He sent each one of us to earth, through birth,
To live and learn here in fam’lies.

[Chorus]
God gave us families to help us become what He wants us to be—
This is how He shares His love, for the fam’ly is of God.


2. A father’s place is to preside, provide,
To love and teach the gospel to his children.
A father leads in fam’ly prayer to share
Their love for Father in Heaven.

[Chorus]

3. A mother’s purpose is to care, prepare,
To nurture and to strengthen all her children.
She teaches children to obey, to pray,
To love and serve in the fam’ly.

[Chorus]

4. I’ll love and serve my family and be
A good example to each fam’ly member.
And when I am a mom or dad, so glad,
I’ll help my fam’ly remember:

God gave us families to help us become what He wants us to be—
This is how He shares His love, for the fam’ly is of God.