1/23-29/2012

We talked a little bit about defining family on Wednesday and one of the girls made a comment that really stuck out to me. She said growing up her blood family always seemed to cut her down or pull her away from what she wants to accomplish. She said that her family is more than blood. It was those who helped her through life. Those who took her in. Those that were friends with her and were willing to help her grow. These weren’t blood. It reminds me that as members of the church, we have been encouraged as members of the church and commanded to love our neighbor as our self. To lift those in need. To mourn with those that mourn. This young lady helped me appreciate home and visiting teachers, those that spend time with others outside of their family. We are one big family here on earth and we all have needs and we can help them. Some of us come from families that cut down us down and we need others to help step in and lift us up.  It is the very essence of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

This Week 1/15-21 Blog

Learning about these different theories in our class has caused me to reflect on my how my wife and I interact and the duties we perform through out the week. She is usually the one that does so much at home. Not only is she carrying our first child but she is constantly feeling sick and she still does most of the dishes, laundry, and she recently got a job and still takes care of her mom who is really sick and she tidy up’s the house while I’m gone at school, or working on the weekends.

When I don’t perform my duties, it limits our ability to spend time together and accomplish the tasks that we want to do together. This has really helped me understand more that I need to do more than ever to help lighten the load that she has.

When Brother Williams said,

“I believe the marriage will limit how great a family is”. It dawned on me that the strength of mine and Kelcie’s marriage is limited to how well we communicate, understand, and help each other. This is a key time in our lives that will greatly trickle down to our future. If we can establish effective, successful and agreed to goals and ideas in marriage our future can be bright. Or it can be very damning.

This week 1/8-1/14

This week I've been thinking a lot about the importance in spending time with your spouse and the need that needs to be met. In class this week we have discussed a variety of things in terms of research and statistical analysis. It's amazing how much the Lord's church is focused on the family and encouraging us to make time for our loved ones. This will help several problems, certainly not all of them but I think we as human beings have a great need to be loved and to love others in the right way and the Lord's church shows us this.