In the church we have a lot of "council" meetings. We have Ward Council, Bishop's Youth Council, Correlation, and so on. We are encouraged to have family council's in the walls of our home. We have all this, but why?
Last night at a fire side with Elder Schutzl (no clue how to spell his name, he's from Germany) I really caught the picture of why we have council.
The way I look at it, in a council meeting you have 3 steps.
1st - Figure out the Reality
2nd - Find a possible positive reality
3rd - Figure out the steps we need to take to make the possibility the reality (obviously we should make assignments to ensure the steps are taken)
In a family council the things that I think I will look at and discuss with my kids are as follows.
- Desire for Spiritual Growth
- Actions, Consequences (Standards, Sins, and Good Acts)
- Attitude
- Temporal Maters
Last night I found this really neat and I hope it is helpful to some of you who may come across it.
God Bless Ya
Fred
