I am going to copy Steph and say that I had a grateful. I was asked to teach the Lesson in R.S.
We had kind of a busy morning we don't have church til 1:30-worst time ever- I had to pick up my mom at the airport at 11. When we got to sacrament Gavin was on Grandma overload and WAY hyper. The bishopric got re-done since our bish was moving. When they called our new bish and he stood and I raised my hand I got total confermation that he was to be the new bishop. I am so thankful for that. That was about all I got out of Sacrament as it was Baylies nap time and obviously she was not napping.
As a gave the lesson I was very impressed to talk about how Pres Kimball says that by the time our children are married or go on their missions they need to have been told about chastity 100's of times. Most of us girls were raised in homes where you just did not talk about sex, or age, or girl problems or ANYTHING really. It did not come out more until high school or later. We live in a society now where everything is talked about ALL the time. There are no limits to what is appropriate and sacred. WE as parents it is our responsibility to talk to our children first about the things of the world. They need to hear from us about sex, homosexuality, adultery, porno etc. If we don't someone else will. Do you want someone Else's opinion to govern your child? Just a thought. I love the Lord. I am thankful that prophets like Jacob of old, Pres kimball Pres. hinkley and all of the prophets who have been around for hundreds of years to warn of all the dangers of the world. I know that they speak the truth. I know their words are from God to help us get back to him.
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WONDERFUL!!! I bet you did a fantastic job, and I totally agree with the things you said.
right on sista, preach it!!
seriously though i totally agree.
I have never heard about the 100s of times, thats great to know. I worry a lot about having boys and being able to teach them sufficiently so they make good choices when I'm not around. Thanks for your thoughts Rach, I bet you gave a great lesson.
I thought about you in RS when I remembered which lesson it was, it sounds like you did an amazing job! It is such an important subject! The sister that gave our lesson, was soooo nervous for the lesson, she was crying before she got up to give it... she didn't want to offend anyone, but I say hey the truth hurts sometimes, and your just teaching truths from our prophets no less. I would have been a little nervous, but it's so important!
Thanks for your support everyone. I was a hard lesson. I started off telling everyone that I am a blunt person and that I do not want to offend but that I was going to be pretty honest. Our bish talk about porno the end of last month and he said he read a study that asked a bunch of kids between the ages of 11-15 and 80% said that they had seen some form of pornography! Holy Cow that is scary. When I talked about people having homosexuality as their challenge in life and how it to is a hard thing to overcome. A little like 20 year old raised her hand and started bawling and told how her bro had been gay and died of aids and how thankful she was that I had talked about it the same as someone who had alcholism or something not like they were terrible. I said that we should not shun them but embrace them and help them overcome and she was so thankful. That really made my lesson for me. She was so nervous to even say anything.
Wow I would have never really thought of it from that perspective. Thanks for sharing, I wish I could have been there to hear your awesome lesson. Way to go!
Much better with Todd's name Rach! ha ha! And great post: our kiddos are going to go through much more than we did as kids. Very important to stay in touch and top of things. Temptation is everywhere so our kids need to be prepared to fight!
Rachel I bet you blew everyone away. What an important topic to talk about (and a scary one too). The best thing to do is keep an open relationship with your kids and really don't hold back. Our "embarrassment" as parents will have to be looked over so our kids KNOW what is right and wrong. Scary times for our little ones, but there are a bunch of amazing parents out there like you that make me feel a little better about the world :)
i'm proud of you, rach!
wow! What a great post! I just now saw your comment sorry! They do blood tests and a ton of other stuff to see who is the best match. My recovery was AWFUL!!! But now they do it microscopicly(sp?) and it is tons better. Any other questions let me know! Its good to see how you are!
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