A 12-Year-Old Deacon

My thoughts on Elder Madsen's talk "A 12-Year-Old Deacon"

I LOVED THIS TALK! Maybe it is because I have a 12 year old deacon (that is until tomorrow) and then I have to wait 13 months for my next 12 year old deacon.

Elder Madsen asks a great question, “What do you see” and then “What can you see?”

“I trust and pray that we can all see their divine potential; that we can see them going forth as bearers of the holy priesthood and as missionaries preaching ‘the everlasting gospel’ by the Spirit ‘to the nations of the earth’, that we can see them as faithful husbands and fathers and as valiant servants in the leaders of the Church and kingdom of God in these latter days.”

This has ALWAYS been my goal, desire, wish, hope, whatever you want to call it. This is my purpose as a mother—to do whatever is right and necessary to see that the above statement comes true for each one of my boys (and my girl—only she will be a “holder” of the priesthood ~smile~). Everything I do is to bring about this end. My goal as a homeschooler is to prepare my sons to be bread winners, helpmeets, great citizens, honorable priesthood holders, faithful husbands, great dads and just plain neat guys. Like wise I’m raising my daughter to be one of those herselves and to find someone who is just like them. It is my daily prayer! But it is dang hard!