Mine Errand from the Lord by Boyd K. Packer

Author:Boyd K. Packer [Packer, Boyd K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Atonement, Baptism, Bible, Book of Mormon, Chastity, Covenants, Faith, Family, Forgiveness, Free Agency, Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith, Marriage, Marriage, Obedience, Restoration, Revelation, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publisher: Deseret Book Company
Published: 2009-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Fatherhood

The meaning of the word "father." Through loving one more than you love yourself, you become truly Christian. Then you know, as few others know, what the word "father" means when it is spoken of in the scriptures. You may then feel something of the love and concern that He has for us.

It should have great meaning that of all the titles of respect and honor and admiration that could be given Him, that God Himself, He who is the highest of all, chose to be addressed simply as Father. (64–01)

How can one come to love someone more than himself? This experience of loving someone more than you love yourself can come, insofar as I know, only through the exercise of the power of creation. Through it you become really Christian, and you know, as few others know, what the word Father means when it is spoken of in the scriptures; and you feel some of the love and concern that He has for us; and you may experience some of the remorse and sorrow that must be His if we fail to accept all that is beautiful and praiseworthy and of good report in this world. (59–01, p. 60)

We learn most about what it means to be a father in the home. I have studied much in the scriptures and have taught from them. I have read much from what the prophets and apostles have spoken. They have had a profound influence upon me as a man and as a father.

But most of what I know about how our Father in Heaven really feels about us, His children, I have learned from the way I feel about my wife and my children and their children. This I have learned at home. I have learned it from my parents and from my wife's parents, from my beloved wife and from my children, and can therefore testify of a loving Heavenly Father and of a redeeming Lord. (98–07, p. 24)

The highest calling for a man is that of husband and father. Now some highly important counsel . . . to you, young men. When you go to the temple to be married, there will be organized a unit of the Church, the eternal unit. You may be a bishop of a ward some day or the president of a stake, but from such callings you will be released. The highest calling that can come to you in mortality is to preside over a home as a husband and a father. (70–07, p. 227)

Bishops, let fathers preside. Bishops, keep constantly in mind that fathers are responsible to preside over their families. Sometimes, with all good intentions, we require so much of both the children and the father that he is not able to do so. If my boy needs counseling, Bishop, it should be my responsibility first, and yours second. If my boy needs recreation, Bishop, I should provide it first, and you second. If my boy needs correction, that should be my responsibility first, and yours second.

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