behold your little ones

I love this picture of Max. He was staring out the sliding glass door watching the kids play.

This quote by President Hinckley was an uplifting one for me to read tonight. I've been a grouchy mama this week and this gives me rejuvenation to try a little harder to be a little better and see my children for who they are - special little ones.

"Do you want a spirit of love to grow in the world? Then begin within the walls of your own home.

Behold your little ones, and see within them the wonders of God, from whose presence they have recently come.

Behold your little ones. Pray with them. Pray for them and bless them.

The world into which they are moving is a complex and difficult world. They will run into heavy seas of adversity. They will need all the strength and all the faith you can give them while they are yet near you. And they will also need a greater strength which comes of a higher power.

They must do more than go along with what they find. They must lift the world, and the only levers they will have are the example of their own lives and the powers of persuasion that will come of their testimonies and their knowledge of the things of God. They will need the help of the Lord.

While they are young, pray with them that they may come to know that source of strength which shall then always be available in every hour of need."

Gordon B. Hinckley, “These, Our Little Ones,” Ensign, Dec 2007, 4–9