And
now, Zerahemnah, I command you, in the name of that all-powerful God, who has
strengthened our arms that we have gained power over you, by our faith, by our
religion, and by our rites of worship, and by our church, and by the sacred
support which we owe to our wives and our children, by that liberty which binds
us to our lands and our country; yea, and also by the maintenance of the sacred
word of God, to which we owe all our happiness; and by all that is most dear unto
us— (Alma 44:5)
One of these things
mentioned is “by that sacred support which we owe to our wives and our children.”
I love that term “sacred
support.” To me it doesn’t just mean the psychological support and commitment
to wife and children, but all the hard work that is done to provide for one’s
family. I love that Captain Moroni calls it sacred,
and it really is. That support is a sacrifice that good, able-bodied men make
every working day for their families.
As a wife who
benefits from this sacred support, when I see it as sacred, I realize it would be
terribly disrespectful and ungrateful of me to then turn around and waste that.
It puts a responsibility on me to use it wisely for the benefit of our family.
It also means that the tithing that is paid out of that sacred support is doubly sacred, since it is essentially a
second sacrifice.
Knowing that support
of my husband is sacred gives yet another good reason for budgeting, to make
sure that none of that sacrifice is wasted or for naught. Because it would be
awful if our choices make that sacrifice meaningless.
2 comments:
What a wonderful insight! I'm so grateful that my husband is willing and able to go out day after day and "slay dragrons" to bring home the bacon, so to speak. No job is perfect, exciting, and fun every day. Some days are deadly dull or painfully difficult, so I count myself blessed that he is willing to do it year after year. My old-fashioned motto is "Dad makes the living, and Mom makes the living worthwhile."
"My old-fashioned motto is "Dad makes the living, and Mom makes the living worthwhile.""
Love that! Thanks for sharing it, Rozy Lass.
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