This week we got to read a lot of talks about the family. President Benson gave a talk called, "What I Hope You Will Teach Your Children About the Temple." In it he listed blessings that come from frequent temple attendance. Two things he listed were:
You will receive the spirit of Elijah, hearts will be turned to your spouse, children, and to your forebears.
You will love your family with a deeper love than you have loved before.


The world that we live in, is increasingly confused. Satan is thoroughly invested in the destruction of families. When I read promised blessings of families hearts being turned to each other and having a deeper love than ever before; I'm inspired to get to the temple and often.


The adversary has long cultivated this overemphasis on personal autonomy, and now he feverishly exploits it. Our deepest God-given instinct is to run to the arms of those who need us and sustain us. But he drives us away from each other today with wedges of distrust and suspicion. He exaggerates the need for having space, getting out, and being left alone. Some people believe him--and then they wonder why they feel left alone. And despite admirable exceptions, children in America’s growing number of single-parent families are clearly more at risk than children in two-parent families. Further, the rates of divorce and births outside marriage are now so high that we may be witnessing “the collapse of marriage.” LDS.org-ensign article-Covenant Marriage


As we all know, "The Family: A Proclamation to the World," came out years before the family was under such attack (in 1995). We see the affects of Satan's efforts to belittle the importance of marriage and to estrange us from each other. When we are in good relationships we are stronger. When we feel lost and alone we are more vulnerable to believe the lies the adversary spins.


I'm so grateful to the good people and leaders in this world who encourage us to take seriously our covenants and family relationships, and especially our relationship with the Lord.