GEMS-Family: Families Are Central to Heavenly Father’s Plan

Families Are Central to Heavenly Father’s Plan

“In a world of turmoil and uncertainty, it is more important than ever to make our families the center of our lives and the top of our priorities. Families lie at the center of our Heavenly Father’s plan. This statement from ‘The Family: A Proclamation to the World’ declares the responsibilities of parents to their families:

‘Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. “Children are an heritage of the Lord” (Psalms 127:3). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, to teach them to love and serve one another, to observe the commandments of God and to be law-abiding citizens wherever they live. Husbands and wives–mothers and fathers–will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations’ (Ensign, Nov. 1995, 102).”

Topics: family, priorities

( L. Tom Perry, “The Importance of the Family,” Ensign, May 2003, 40)