Hope
Quoting Russell M. Nelson regarding families: “If there is any hope for the future of nations, that hope resides in the family. Our children are our wealth; our children are our strength; our children are indeed our future!…
Spiritual concerns are of great importance. Spiritually , we need children as much as they need us. They are our spiritual wealth. Children teach us the joy of building goodness that will outlive our own. They teach us joy of loving someone more than self. That love lifts one to give from the abundance of one’s own life to help a child….
Future happiness and even the future of nations is linked to children. Families with children need to be reenthroned as the fundamental unit of society. We simply must value children more than we do! Without a new generation to replace the old, there is no wealth; without families, there is no future. (“The Family: The Hope for the Future of Nations,” World Congress of Families V, August 12, 2009) From ‘Teachings of Russell M. Nelson’ p. 114-15, Deseret Book 2018
