Smiths Forever

I was going through my purse, cleaning out recites and entering them into the computer, I came across a recite that I wrote something down on.  I was in UT.  with my two little kids Sammie and Michael. We were hanging out with the Neratkos's.  Michael was telling 2 of her kids about his birthday.  He was also telling them that when he turned 8 he would be baptized.  He informed them that the place where you get baptized is the water Jordan.  I have an almost 5 year old, that is so excited to be baptized.  He has such a strong testimony of Jesus.  He has such a determination to share the gospel with all that he is around.  He truly feels the love that Father in Heaven has for him.  I just hope that as his mommy I can keep giving him opportunities to let his testimony continue to grow.  I know that for me as a mother helping him see who he is as a child of God is a goal that I have had sense I was a little girl, I dreamed of having children of my own, to teach the gospel to.  I am grateful for the knowledge I have of the gospel.  I love serving God by raising righteous children.  I know that one day they will make choices of their own.  I just want to make sure that I am giving them a firm foundation where when they grow up they will have a love for God and his church more than a love for the ways of this world.  Something that with time and the changes of society it continues to get harder for these children that we are raising.  Satan seems to know how to test each of us and knows our weaknesses just as much as Father knows our future.  I know that as we trust in God and follow the promptings we will be blessed with the guidance that we need to make it in this life.