Familial Research and Development

A couple Sundays ago the Bishopric played a CES talk by Pres. Uchtdorf about dating. Discouraging 'all-day' dates etc. I kind of have to chuckle about that. Youth (ages 16 to married) tend to have a hard time realizing what they're really doing when they're dating. My opinion and I'm sticking to it. Based on my emotions as a youth, I believe the desire is to spend as many seconds with your date (person of interest) as is possible; hence the 'all-day' date syndrome. After 37 years of marriage, yes, we still date; I have found an interesting situation about our dating habits. We 'dated' going to the Temple one night a week and out to dinner if we could afford it for a lot of the years our children were growing up. We still try to squeak that in. The youngest has been an adult for a good eight years and with all the hopes of being able to go on fun dates together I still find my plans shifted. I may be in the mood to go to a movie, but if the Stake or s...

May 23, 2010 Post #6 Individual Worth Additional Value no. 1 I read the assigned scriptures and came to a conclusion that probably the most important thing the LDS Church is doing by making assignments like these for our youth is to give them the opportunity to stop, think, look, introspectively evaluate, and then develop-their own testimony. What they feel, how they feel, why they feel about themselves-specifically with this assignment. I read through and used these scriptures for our FHE tonight. (Psalms 8:4-6, Jeremiah 1:5, John 13:34, D&C 18:10, Abraham 3:22-23, and Joseph Smith History 1: 1-20). I remember a time in my young motherhood life period when I was feeling pretty much like nothing. I spoke with my great Aunt Piney about it and she said that I should always remember that man is but a little below the angels. I felt such hope when she said it and I felt the Spirit testify it is true. She said it was in the scriptures. I remember finding it and feeling sad because the s...