This is a little unrelated to my Family Relations class, but I feel really inspired to share my thoughts about my personal study on Grace. I sincerely wish that as a 14-to 18-year old girl, that I understood Brother Brad Wilcox's message of grace. At that time in my life, I always felt that I had never done enough to ask for His help. To ask Him to pick me up and sometimes carry me. Even questions about my future education goals were something I had no right to ask or confirm about because I had not done ALL that I could to learn about them. I was wrong. I now understand that He was always there, waiting for me to ask for His help. Waiting for me to ask for my burdens to be lifted and for the blessings that I so desperately needed. I wish that every youth would be able to understand what Christ has done for you already. He already paid for ALL of you. He loves you and is waiting. I hope you watch the video below and can understand just a little bit about the change that has occurred in my life.
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This week we learned about Culture. To understand some of my insights, I feel it is necessary to answer a couple of questions, what is culture and what things determine a culture? Culture: Attitudes, behaviors or characteristics of a particular social group. Family culture can be determined by how much money someone makes, your ancestry, your behavior/ mannerisms/ the way you present yourself, education, time, location, speech, dress, religion and the amount of access you have to resources. Have your ever thought about what culture you belong to? Why are you classified in that category? And how do you feel about the culture that you belong to? President Spencer W. Kimball, suggested that we marry people within our social class, he said this: “Now, the Brethren feel that it is not the wisest thing to cross racial lines in dating and marrying. There is no condemnation. We have had some of our fine young people who have crossed the lines. We hope they will be very happy, but experience of the brethren through a hundred years has proved to us that marriage is a very difficult thing under any circumstances and the difficulty increases in interface marriages”. I believe that the reason he said this, was not to be harsh, but to let us understand that coming from common circumstances prevents unnecessary strain on marriage. One of those strains could be struggling with being able to spend money how and went you want rather than being a penny-pincher. Neither of these are wrong or right, but both spouses may not have grown up with the same circumstances. If they are unaware of the differences and how to compromise, then this can lead to conflict in the home, even if they don't know why. This quote is from Elder Packer: "One of you may be well-born and well-formed while another is not. In either case, there is a testing. That is what mortality is all about. The poorly born may lack self-esteem, or the well-born infected with pride. Pride is the most deadly spiritual virus. In the eternal scheme of things, who is to say which is the most favored." We may not have chosen the family that we are in but are we making the best of the situation? I watched a video clip called Tammy's Story, this family that was very poor, they were doing the best they could, but I wonder if they understood the potential that God had for them. We are each sent here to this Earth to have a body and to be tested. We are each here with different obstacles and trials that we must go through; I firmly believe that it isn't until we understand who we are and who created us that we can be successful in our endeavors to become like Christ. If you would like to watch the videos that I watched, click on the videos below, tell me what you think about Tammy's Story!
I have to start out by saying how truly edifying it has been to learn more about the family! I honestly wish that you could be in the class with me understanding all of the wonderful truth that I have been privileged to learn!
Should we use the scientific method to observe the family? I know what you are thinking, that is a weird thing to ask. It may be, but think about all of the ways that we benefit as we watch our own families grow and develop and as we watch other families do the same. The truth is that our Heavenly Father wants us to use this method along with revelation from Him to discover the truth of the family and this Gospel. It's important to know that the Lord has given us a map to truth and happiness, but it is up to us to use it. Brother Williams shared that those who were unfamiliar with the beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, were more grateful to understand the The Family: A Proclamation to the World than the typical member of the church. We are so blessed to have this knowledge, so Learn it, Live it, Share it! Share the good news of the Gospel. I want to challenge you to test The Family Proclamation. My promise is that if you so with a sincere heart to become better, you will be happier! (an who doesn't want that) Married couples are encouraged to become one when they get married, but what Brother Williams said really impressed me, he said, "It is not natural to become one, but as Latter-day Saints, we want to overcome the natural man and become SUPERNATURAL!"
I really love how he said this, it opened my eyes. Couples, including myself, do not have ALL the same opinions and ways of thinking. It's difficult to become ONE, but possible as we strive to come closer to Christ and we come one in purpose. This is my first post on my blog and I am really excited to be able to share all of my insights that I am learning about in my Family Relations class! I hope you enjoy!
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Kelli-MarieI am a junior at Brigham Young University-Idaho, studying Marriage and Family Studies. Archives
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