School for Family Life

So, based off the title of this post, I would understand if you thought I had mis-typed the School of Family Life program at BYU, however, I actually wrote it as a reference to General Conference. I feel like 80% of the talks this weekend were about families, and I loved it!! Below are some of the my favorite things said this weekend:

"Seek to COMPLETE rather than COMPETE" --Sister Lind K. Burton

"Family is the center, it is the key to ETERNAL HAPPINESS." --Elder L. Tom Perry

"Love comes from you, but marriage from above, from God."--Elder D. Todd Christofferson

-a critical mass of families built on righteous marriages is vital for societies to survive and flourish, it has never been just about the love and happiness of adults --Elder D. Todd Christofferson

"Our claims for the roles of marriage and family rest not on the social sciences, but on the TRUTH that they are GOD'S CREATION"--Elder D. Todd Christofferson (I feel like this was an especially important reminder for me...)

"Dissonance in the HOME is like darkness in a room, it can only be displaced by LIGHT." --Elder Wilford W. Andersen

"The home is the basis for a righteous life." --Elder Russell M. Nelson

"No other work transcends that of righteous, intentional parenting." --Elder Russell M. Nelson

Maybe it was just me, but I expected a lot more talks about Christ, His Atonement, and His Resurrection. All the talk about families was peculiar (although wonderful!) to me considering that it was Easter weekend and I thought, "why wouldn't more general authorities discuss Christ?" Almost as soon as I asked myself this question, I remembered  that the messages they shared ARE the messages that Christ and our Heavenly Father have inspired them to share. What they spoke about at conference are the things that we need to hear. I am grateful for inspired leaders who seek, listen to, and follow the counsel of God. I am also grateful that through Christ's Atonement families can be eternal, that because His love has no limits or bounds, ours doesn't have to either. And, I am grateful that at conference I can gain a little bit better of an understanding of what God wants me to know/learn. School for family life, yes please! #BecauseofHim