A while ago I blogged about a cool LDS.org service that sends you spiritual thoughts throughout the week, and I wanted to share the one from today.
Raising a Family Requires Selfless Service
Posted: 20 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT
“A familiar example of losing ourselves in the service of others— this one not unique to Latter-day Saints— is the sacrifice parents make for their children. Mothers suffer pain and loss of personal priorities and comforts to bear and rear each child. Fathers adjust their lives and priorities to support a family. The gap between those who are and those who are not willing to do this is widening in today’s world. . . .“We rejoice that so many Latter-day Saint couples are among that unselfish group who are willing to surrender their personal priorities and serve the Lord by bearing and rearing the children our Heavenly Father sends to their care. We also rejoice in those who care for disabled family members and aged parents. None of this service asks, what’s in it for me? All of it requires setting aside personal convenience for unselfish service. All of it stands in contrast to the fame, fortune, and other immediate gratification that are the worldly ways of so many in our day.”
Dallin H. Oaks, “Unselfish Service,” Ensign, May 2009, 93
2 comments:
That's a great quote - thanks for sharing it!
Good job on your grocery shopping too! It's such a good feeling to save money by finding good deals.
That is very nice. Thanks for sharing. I also get quotes sent to me from LDS Nuggets
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