"THE FAMILY is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities. By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. Extended families should lend support when needed."
According to the Proclamation children are entitled to two things: (1) birth within the bonds of matrimony; and (2) to be reared by parents who honor their marital vows. What is entitlement mean? It means believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment. I think Heavenly Father entitles his children with these important aspects because he loves us. He wants us to be happy and to make it make to him in his plan of happiness. The Proclamation says that happiness is "most likely" to be achieved instead of "guaranteed" to be achieved because we have to choose Christ, we can't just teach children something and have them no choose it. If it is not chosen than the happiness is not achieved. We can teach all we want but without acceptance there is nothing. Communication is not mentioned in one of the nine recommendations of a successful marriage. One reason in my opinion that this is not mentioned is because, as babies when we come into this world we don't know how to talk. We were not born with the ability to communicate, this is something that is learned through our toddler age to adults. I think that all of the nine successful traits for marriage have communication in them. Prayer is communication with our Heavenly Father. Forgiveness is spoken in words to your spouse. Love is communication. I believe that forgiveness is one of the thing that makes a marriage successful. We are all human and we make mistakes. We are all trying to become like Christ, he was forgiving towards everyone. Prayer is another that is important because you are communicating with our Father in heaven, with your spouse and with prayer you can learn to become patient and closer as a family when this is done together. Last, love is how you start as a couple. It shows that you would do anything for your spouse and family. Making you have a heart a little closer to Christ's. A father can protect his family physically, but he can also protect them spiritually. He holds the priesthood, and can do many wonderful things with that. He can give his wife and children a blessing for anything. He can give his sons who are 12 the priesthood as well. A mother who nurtures her children is someone who cares for them and encourages them in all the good they do. They help them grow into the men and women that Christ wants us to be. Mothers love their children almost as much as our father in heaven does.
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