Families Can Be Together Forever

As some of you may know I have been doing taxes this year as a seasonal job to help us pay off our debt and to also help us get back on track with our budget after Christmas. It has been challenging, rewarding, frustrating, and oh so many other things. We as a family have had to adjust our lives around me not being home all the time. This has really made me think about family values. I know this job is only 3 months long and the sacrifice of the family will bring rewards in the end of a new vehicle so we can travel again, or a step closer to buying our own home. But what is an eternal family? An Eternal family is those people who share our lives, through the tough and good times. They support each other, work together. They pray together, read together, and look after each other. They are not selfish and worry about who gets all the money and think about where's my cut, your so unfair. They don't worry about who is doing more work and when do they get what they feel is theirs. They serve each other, with thoughts of complete love and not thoughts of "you owe me". It's a fine line, as we struggle to maintain that selfishness in our family while the world and Lucifer are out there trying to convince us that these things are not true. I have watched other families struggle with these issues of what they think they are fairly do. They twist facts around in their heads to make it so the other person is always at fault while missing the fact that they are both at fault. We were not sent to the earth to learn how to make your partner suffer no matter how much they may have hurt you. An eternal family does not have those feelings, but instead feelings of love and understanding. I am sad as I see those around me struggle with this and even more come into my office to get their taxes done telling me stories of the same. I am even more sad as I see the seeds of this starting in family that will drive a wedge in our eternal family. I see it in myself when I come home and see a mess where I use to have clean and feel angry that no one could pick up the slack. I see it in my husband who feels it is unfair for him to have to do extra around the house just because for 3 months I am working too. I see it in my kids who feel that they shouldn't have to help out with extra chores while one of them is away... and I struggle to know how to get rid of that wedge. It's funny how you don't notice things like that until sometimes it is a major problem. I don't think ours is a major problem yet, and that may be the blessing of seeing all those who it is too late for around me. These things all come back to one of my favorite primary songs when I was a kid, Families Can Be Together Forever... I want this, I have always wanted this, and I know as I pray and search I will find the solution to get this wedge out of our family. I hope for those out there who may be struggling like us that you can find it too. For now here is a Mormon Message that Primary song. Enjoy.