SO I have been reading a whole bunch of Liahonas and the standard works
lately. I just finished "our heritage" last week and this thought comes
from page 123 paragraph two (I think).
"It talks
about families. He (one of the prophets) says that they are 'the surest
defense against evil'. Those are some pretty powerful words. SO often in
our days we are shown that friends are everything. We confide in
friends, we rant with friends, when we fight with our parents then we
turn to our friends and rant again trying to gain sympathy and support.
Friends are amazing, I wouldn't be where I am at without friends, but we
need families more! The truth is, friends can come and go. I have had
friends with whom I thought that we would be friends forever! But it
didn't happen, we chose different paths and went different ways. That
doesn't make them bad people, it is that diversity in the human race
that can make life so wonderful. So, friends may come and go, but where
can we turn to for the most sure place to find love. Families. Families
are always there for us, ALWAYS! we may want to move on and forget our
life, but we will come to find that, unlike friends, families are so
hard to forget and leave. There is always some tie to them for the rest
of our lives.
Like I said before, I love friends. People
should seek for friends to have fun with and do appropriate things with.
But for people I have met it has turned into a craz and they have
slowly put family on the back burner and given them their bad side after
talking and being with friends. In a world that is under appreciating
families and over appreciating friends it is so important to heed to the
prophets voice. I am willing to bet that God spent a lot more time
trying to figure out who he would put in your family, then he did
deciding all of the people he could surround you with as peers.
My
challenge to all of you is this. Next time you have a friends outing
(hanging out, movie, texting them, calling them) stay home and put the
phone away. Spend that time truly being with your family and trying to
build your relationship with them. You are with them forever make them
your friends. It may be super hard. It definitely was when I was trying
to get along better with my family. But it is completely worth it. I
love all of my siblings so much and they have become my best friends!
"One of the greatest blessings that God has given us is the family"
(Preach my Gospel). I have read all of Preach my Gospel (with the
exception of a couple pages) and not once have I seen "One of the
greatest blessings God has given us is friends". Please look at
yourself, then look at your family. Are you at a place where you are
willing to live that way forever with them? If not, I encourage you to
get to that point ASAP!!
Love you all! I hope you all have a fabulous week!
Elder Biesinger
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