Joy in our Posterity

Sunday morning usually finds me in church, but today Cort woke up with a cough and Kent and I felt it was best to keep him home. Still that usually lands Kent at home & me at church, but something in me felt like I needed to be home. So far I feel it was the right decision. I turned on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and in conjunction with Martin Luther King Jr. Day the broadcast had some great southern gospel music. I couldn't help myself but to get up and sing and dance with Cort. His little laugh and his delight at the interaction was the most beautiful music to my soul. I don't think we take the opportunities for those moments often enough...at least I know I don't. Maybe I needed to stay home today so I could remember that even church can be wrong if you aren't taking that time for your family. Don't get me wrong. I love church and think it is a very important part of a souls spiritual development, but no amount of sacrament meetings, relief society meetings, or even temple attending will strengthen your bond with your child like living, loving and laughing with them. It's those moments that shape children into confident and secure adults who will make a healthy America. Maybe what I am saying is never let your testimony get in the way of true religion. Yes God wants us to take time to worship Him and serve him, but he does not want us to do it at the expense of taking care of the children He has blessed us with. When you take time to be with you children in an atmosphere of love you really can have "joy in your posterity."