Day 111

Since I read a talk about families yesterday, I decided to read some scriptures about them as well. I read Jacob 3 today.

He was talking about how the Lamanites have become more righteous than his brethren, the Nephites. He talked about how the Lamanites had better family units going on. The husbands loved their wives and the wives loved their husbands. The parents loved their children and the children loved has their parents. They were bringing up their children to be good people, while the Nephites were setting bad examples to their children. Jacob warned that because of how the Nephites were bringing up their children, it would one day be a sin on the parents' heads because they planted those seeds of wickedness in their children.

 Reading that helped me realize once again how important being a good example at all times is. You never know who is watching. These children were watching their parents and all the bad things they did, and took them to be what was normal and what was needed to be done.

I know that everyone has free agency, but parents do teach their kids at a young age whether they realize it or not. I need to work on remembering that I am always an example to those around me.