On Sunday I attended three primary sacrament meetings. There are few things that approach the delight of hearing simple and profound truths sung by children with all their hearts to their parents in the congregation.
Each primary sang this song:
The Family Is of God by Matthew Neeley
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
God gave us families! I already knew it. But I felt it! Again! I could feel the spirit fill the room and my heart with these truths about families. I was reminded that my family must be the focus of my most important, thoughts, plans, prayers and dreams of every day. And I appreciate the reminder that "families ...help us become what He wants us to be-" because there are no perfect families. And you know that gives me hope too. It is a process of becoming. This journey back home is a messy and challenging process. The thing that tugs so deeply at my heart is when I see my children and husband love and serve each other in the family. Our heart filled words and expressions to comfort, encourage, and obey bring a transforming power to our lives. And in those moments home is indeed a holy place.
