A Changing World

I neglected to post last week so this post will be covering information from last week. In class we discussed societal trends. The specific trends we focused on included, the drop in birth rate, the increase in delaying marriage, the increase in births to unmarried women, the increase in cohabitation, the increase in employed mothers, the increase in people living alone, the increase in divorce, the decrease in household size, and finally, the increase in premarital sex. After studying these trends, my eyes were opened to how hard the adversary is working to destroy families. He is attacking from all angles. Once I discovered this I realized how important it was for me as a member of the church to make sure that I am prepared to raise a family the way the Lord has commanded. In an ever changing world, his gospel remains constant, and so should we. Some might be fearful or hesitant to start a family in this world that is growing increasingly dark, because they feel that failure in the family is just an inevitable part of living in these times. But I would strongly disagree, I would say that we as a people have only failed when we give up hope in a better world, when we give up faith in God. We must remember that when we have God on our side we can overcome the world.