Tuesday, January 12, 2010
The Joy of Being a Parent
It is incredible to me to see all the post about parents and their children. I love the fact that the start of the Book of Mormon starts out with so many scriptures of Lehi following his Heavenly Father and listening to him. Also Nephi having such strong faith and following his father Lehi and his Heavenly Father. It was kind of funny, I was sitting at home playing with Hannah and being very grateful to have her in my life and to be able to be her mom, and I just had a feeling that I needed to write about how incredible Lehi was and how much love you could see he had for kids (even if they weren't following Heavenly Father). When I got on I had realized that Allison had posted something about Lehi and being a parent. Being a Mother is a true reward in my life. I have an incredible daughter who I get to stay home with all day long and play with. How could life get any better than that. It makes me hope more than anything that I can do the things through out the rest of my life that make my children look up to me and want to follow my example. As we saw with Laman and Lemuel though even after their father's strong faith and trust in the Lord they chose not to listen. I know in my life that my kids may not agree with me fully, but as long as I am keeping the commandments and teaching them all they need to know that we will all be together for eternity. What a great thing it is to know that because Jeff and I were married for time and all eternity in the Lords house, that my family can be together forever. I can't even imagine how incredible it will be in the next life in the celestial kingdom where we are all perfect and we are with our families forever. I will get to "play" with Hannah and all my other children and all their children everyday. It will be such an incredible feeling, but I know that in order to see that and get there I have to do my part. I have to rely on my Heavenly Father and follow his commandments and all that I have promised to do. You would think knowing the end result somewhat and imagining what it would be like that you wouldn't want to sin or go astray but that is why Satan is here, is to test us and to make sure that we are completely on the Lord's side and following the things that will make us happy.
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Appreciate your thoughts about the joys of being a parent. Hannah is lucky to have you for a mom.
Julia, it is so great that you love being a mom. I see so many people today that view it as burden and pawn the raising of their children off to others. I love the quote, "no other success can compensate for failure in the home." Sometimes it is hard when the children are cranky, or I am feeling sleep deprived and feel like I am failing, but I know that as I persist and continue to teach and love my children, it will all be worth it in the end.
Being a stay-at-home mom is so challenging in the world we live today, with almost all the popular belief to be looking at the stay-at-home mother to be not achieving your "FULL potential". It makes it hard for women that do to feel adequate to their sisters in the work field that have "their own life" outside the home at their job. Although my feelings are obviously opposite of these opinions it still makes it hard. I just never got why people had kids if they planned on enrolling them in daycare six weeks after their birth? Where's the parenting in that? I wish all women could know what an accomplishment it is to stay at home with these special, growing spirits. You come to know your children better then anyone, and have a bond that is unbreakable. It might be VERY challenging at times, hardly ever getting praised or appreciated for all the endless hours of work, but like Allison said it will all be worth it in the end. When your old and all your kids are gone, those memories will always be with you and never will fade.
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