Families are Forever

I was reading an old article from L. Tom Perry in the May 2003 Ensign, when I came across this and thought that even though we are nearly half way into 2009, it's not too late to make this my goal this year.

The Goal:

"May it be our resolve this year to build a gospel-centered home, a safe harbor from the storms of the adversary."

I may only have a little family, with just my husband and me, but how great is this goal.

The article goes on to talk about the turmoil and the uncertainty of the world, and that it is important more than ever to make our families the center of our lives and our top priorities. Families get caught up today in the world in work, friends, school, and sports, that sometimes all the family sees of each other is a few minutes a day. I am so thankful to have Trevor, and to have him be my husband, and my family. I am happy to come home to him each night and seek refuge from work and from all the stresses in my day. I am happy that I can be that same person to him to. This year, we will celebrate our second anniversary. It is my goal to make this be the start of something better. To make our home be our safe harbor each and every day. And, against all the odds that the world gives me each day, through the gospel, and through Heavenly Father it is possible.

I hope that one day we can share our love with a family or our own, and be together as Mother and Father so that our children will feel safe and loved too. Being parents will be our greatest test here on earth and our greatest joy.
Looking back I can't imagine what my parents thought of me as I was growing up and learning how to exist day to day. How they must have thought when I went through trials in my life, and when I overcame them too. I imagine how Trevor's parents were while he was growing up learning and making the same mistakes as a precocious boy. And, now that we are both adults, how our parents still feel and think about the directions are lives are going.

To me family is the greatest part of Heavenly Father's plan. It may be complicated, and messy at times, but FAMILY means perfection. Each person in a family is different, but somehow we all fit together in Heavenly Father's plan, and he knew how it was all going to work, and how each day we get through. It's simply amazing to me, and I will be forever grateful to my families, and I know Trevor is grateful for his too!