Last night was Stake Conference, just for the adults, and of course babes in arms are welcome, too.
Love being a part of a group of people who are trying their best to be their best.
Our Area Authority, Elder Scott D. Whiting was here from Hawaii. He said "Aloha!" when he got up to speak. Love that!
He spoke about keeping the family strong, and doing that by having a) family scripture study b)family prayer c)family home evening. Radical ideas!
He also said that our main objective, what this all boils down to, is to have the Spirit in our home.
Now, I've been thinking. How can I do this? I suffer from a debilitating need to set the bar too high. I have great expectations, and when those aren't met, I crash miserably. I expect my children to participate in the above three activities, and when they cause problems, I get really irritated and, quite possibly, I will sometimes even overreact! (I know, it's hard to believe. I also know that my mom is laughing when she reads this.)
But then, do I just aim low and be grateful for whatever amount of participation I get out of them?
Is there a happy median?
It is also hard to feel the Spirit when I feel stressed so much of the time. And again, I admit that some of that stress is self-induced -- if I were more organized, some of it would disappear -- but some of the stress comes from the day-to-day worries about money and kids. Those are really the two biggest anxiety-producers that I have. So, if anyone has some advice, I'm open to it. And I'll just keep praying, and trying to knock some sense into my kids. Because the older they get, the less they have.
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