Families Are Part of God's Plan

Today was the Primary Program, yay! My little sister Gracianne was giving a talk in it about how Families are central to the Creator's plan. So like that wonderful and helpful sister I am, I helped her write the talk.

Here's what we wrote:

My talk is about how families are a part of Heavenly Father’s plan. In The Family a Proclamation to the World it says that marriage between a man and woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of his children.

There are three main reasons why we come to this earth. The first is to gain a body. The second is to have Earthly experiences and learn to make good choices. And the last reason is to make covenants that help us gain eternal life. The family helps us in all of these.

Families helped us to gain a body through the marriage of a man and woman having children. The first commandment God gave Adam and Eve was about having children. In the Proclamation it says that His commandment to multiply and replenish the earth is still in force today.

The second reason is to get earthly experiences and learn to make good choices. Families help us in this by supporting us. Parents can teach their children right and wrong and be good examples. In families we can learn to love like God loves us.

Lastly, Families help us to make covenants that help us gain eternal life. We can only gain the highest level of the celestial kingdom if we are married in the temple. Families can help us prepare for the temple covenants. When you are married you and your spouse start your own family.

To close I’d like to read the words to the song Families can be together forever:

I have a family here on earth

they are so good to me

I want to share my life with them through all eternity.

Families can be together forever

through Heavenly Father’s plan

I always want to be with my own family

and the Lord has shown me how I can.

I say this in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

I'm so proud of my little sister, she already knows so much about why we're here, where we came from and where we are going after death. Those are questions that people throughout the world struggle to find answers to and already my sweet 11 year old sister knows the truth to answer all of those inquiries.

I'm so grateful for the Proclamation to the World about Families. I know that families really are part of God's  eternal plan for us. I am so grateful to know that if I live righteously that someday I can go to one of God's temples and be married and sealed for all eternity to my future husband and family. We are sent to families to learn to love and  become more like God. I know that death is not the end for families, but that those relationships are carried on after this life and that we really can be with our family members forever.