Watch Care Over Me and My Family

Two messages flashed on my answering machine last night. First, my home teacher left one message asking when he could visit my family. Second, my visiting teacher left the other message asking when she could visit me.

I feel grateful that people visit us (even though we are their assignment.) I believe that the visiting programs are truly inspired so that no one is ever left alone. In reality, the home and visiting teachers are the eyes and ears of the bishop and relief society president. Those two people can't visit every person in the ward (congregation) every month, so they rely on reports to tell them of needs.

I appreciate the programs of my church.

My church's members aren't perfect - some of them never visit their assignments. However, I have hope that they will take their duties more seriously. (Just because some people fall short doesn't mean the programs aren't good.)

Being the Heart of the Home

This month's visiting teaching message, "Guardians of the Hearth," made me feel proud to be a woman. One quote said, "You are the bearers of the children. You are they who nurture them and establish within them the habits of their lives. No other work reaches so close to divinity as does the nurturing of the sons and daughters of God." -Gordon B. Hinckley.

That quote is so true. A mother teaches her children ways to be for the rest of their life. Even when she isn't teaching, she's teaching by example. Her kids act like her whether she teaches them her behavior or not.

I appreciated the part by Barbara Thompson where she talked about how we are an example even when we don't have kids. She said that if we aren't a mother we're still a sister, wife, daughter, or niece. She said if we aren't any of those things to remember that we are a part of God's family.

We are an example to everyone around us. We need to be on our best behavior and act appropriately because someone is always watching.

To read the visiting teaching message, click here.
To read the Family Proclamation, click here.