Redemptive Turbulence

As a grandmother of eleven, I am acutely aware of the struggle for preservation of virtue in an ever darkening world. Our society places images at every corner of the supermarket, shopping mall, boulevards and school routes to entice, promote or dazzle. The eye of both the poor and the rich, young and old, funnels hopes, dreams, schemes, possessions, passions, allurements, and moral compromises alike into our minds and hearts. Little wonder when we come together as family members we can have conflict. How do we choose the better part?

I am a firm believer in staying close to family. Never stop loving them...no matter what. Teach them of values more powerful than kings, or technology. Let them know the feelings of our hearts and the truths we feel deep in our soul. Be fiercely loyal. Fierce loyalty to parents, spouse, sons, daughters, their spouses and our grandchildren will create a firewall against forces that seek to divide and destroy us. I believe fierce loyalty to truth, scriptural values, moral virtue and commandments keep us tethered to Jesus Christ ~ who paid a huge price for eternal freedom. I am also convinced that fierce loyalty to our American heritage, and paying a personal price to preserve agency in this land will help keep us and our posterity free. In doing so, we will see clearly the enemies that lead hearts onto off-roads of compromise, bondage of debt, the timeless halograms of merriment without lasting purpose, and a sledgehammer attack on our Constitutional rights. The core attack being on God-given rights to care for, provide for and protect our family.

Here is the reality! We CAN stand up, take a deep breath, and say, "Stop! Enough! I choose freedom. I choose family. I choose life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for posterity." The real winds of "Change" are not against the polluted status quo, it is in the fresh air of returning to and restoring what has been lost.

(Redemptive turbulence is a term borrowed from Neal A. Maxwell)