A Mother At Home

"If the activities of the day really are so tiring that a woman has little time or energy left to develop her relationship with her husband, she or the couple together might examine her life carefully, to decide which things can be given up for the good of the most important relationship she will ever be involved in." 

-Brent Barlow (They Twain Shall Be One, Ensign; 1986)

 

There is a glorification in the word "busy" these days, implicating that busyness leads to success and importance, that if you are "busy" you are exempt from other duties, at the very least your excuse is more noble because you "have a lot going on". How often does someone ask for your help and your response is, "just a minute", "let me do this first", "I'm busy right now", "can I help you later?', what are we really saying when we put off our home and family duties for hobbies, work or people outside the family?
When a couple joins in marriage, to be sealed for time and all eternity they make covenants not only to each other but to God, to love, honor, build up, and grow together, making covenants is the whole reason we are on this earth, and our partner becomes our most important responsibility. Each married couple who has the opportunity to start a family and does such is then given the stewardship over their children, to teach, love and protect. " In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners." (The Family: A Proclamation to the world)

No role in the home is too great or too little for either partners, but we have been given divine guidance from a loving Heavenly Father that helps us identify our place in the home. "By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children." (The Family: A Proclamation to the world) 

We have such an important role in God's eternal plan and Satan wants nothing more than to distract us from our divine callings. When we limit the distractions of the world and focus on the reason we have been sent to this earth we will find that God intends us to have much more happiness than anything in this world could offer and that happiness is found within the principles of the gospel and at home with our families.