MARCH 13, 2011 - INTENTIONAL CHOICES

I was able to attend a regional Relief Society gathering where Sister Beck opened the scriptures to us for 2 hours. She simply asked for questions and then answered them from the scriptures. It was a phenomenal experience. I want to pass on one of the things I learned at that meeting. Sister Beck asked women to "be very intentioanl about what is allowed into your home." One of the primary roles of women in the Lord's plan is to make homes that are secure havens. The Lord needs the sisters to "shut out, protect, put up walls", do everything they can to protect their homes and families from the onslot of the world. She went on to stress how the world (Satan) is aiming straight at women. "Look in the stores, the magazines, the clothes. We must be very intentional in our choices." And then she made this very interesting comment, "Sisters, don't BE the pornography in your homes." She was speaking to us women, but let me enlarge this to include the men, our wonderful husbands who we truly love. You are the leadership in our homes. We may occasionally wish otherwise, but however hard we try to set an atmosphere in the home, or put up those walls of protection, if you will not or do not help maintain those walls they WILL NOT STAND. In your example alone you can undo everything we strive to achieve. And even more scary, if, by your choices, you bring the enemy right into our living rooms, how then can your wife maintain that safe haven? Yes, it is the role of women to try to make a home that is a spiritural island from the world, but it is the role of men to provide the means and support for her to do so.