Safe Place Traditions

I really love Sister Cheryl Lant's talk about righteous traditions from the last conference. I was particularly impressed with her comments on how righteous traditions can help us build "safe places" for our families.

I would invite all of us to take a moment to reflect on the traditions in our lives and how they might be affecting our families. Our traditions of Sabbath day observance, family prayer, family scripture study, service and activity in the Church, as well as patterns of respect and loyalty in the home, will have a great effect on our children and on their future. If our parenting is based on the teachings of the scriptures and of the latter-day prophets, we cannot go wrong. If every time there is a challenge our hearts turn first and always to our Father in Heaven for direction, we will be in a safe place.

If our children know where we stand and we always stand on the Lord’s side, we know we are where we need to be. Now, the important thing is that we consistently work to do these things. We will not be perfect at it, and our families will not always respond positively, but we will be building a strong foundation of righteous traditions that our children can depend on.

Cheryl C. Lant, Primary General President, Righteous Traditions, April 2008 General Conference, Saturday Morning Session

Love,

Dad/Mark