Families are FOREVER

We were so lucky in December to go to the Salt Lake Temple and be apart of the sealing of my cousin's family with their daughter they adopted from the Ukraine.  She is Maryn's age and a very special girl.

It has been so nice to be close to this family to get to know them better and the great, happy people they are despite struggles they have had in their life.  Their trials definitely have made them better people.





Going to the Sealing of this family helped, once again to put into perspective the

Plan of Salvation

1) Why we are here on Earth?

2) Where are we going after we die?

3) Where did we come from before we were born?

I know that:

FAMILIES ARE FOREVER

if we live worthy of the blessings promised us.

We can have

HEAVEN ON EARTH

if we live like the Savior as we place the needs of our family above our own.

Our greatest JOY should come from our family if we can

forget ourselves

and

serve them,

love them.

Love = T-I-M-E

Here are some great family quotes that I love:

Just as Jesus used a child in His mortal ministry as an example for the people of the pure love they must and could have to be like Him, He has offered us the family as an example of an ideal setting in which we can learn how to love as He loves.

That is because the greatest joys and the greatest sorrows we experience are in family relationships. The joys come from putting the welfare of others above our own. That is what love is.  (Elder Bednar)

Our family is the focus of our greatest work and joy in this life. (Elder Nelson)

“Do we exemplify [a] legacy of love? Do our homes? Bernadine Healy, in a commencement address, gave this counsel: ‘As a physician, who has been deeply privileged to share the most profound moments of people’s lives including their final moments, let me tell you a secret. People facing death don’t think about what degrees they have earned, what positions they have held, or how much wealth they have accumulated. At the end, what really matters is who you loved and who loved you. That circle of love is everything, and is a great measure of a past life. It is the gift of greatest worth"  (Elder Nelson).

“May we . . . demonstrate kindness and love within our own families. Our homes are to be more than sanctuaries; they should also be places where God’s Spirit can dwell, where the storm stops at the door, where love reigns and peace dwells.” (President Monson)