Becoming Like My Scripture Hero - Character Planning Sheet Template (Page 30 of 39) in pdf

Friday

Date:

1- When your hero was a teenager, how often do you think they thought of and prepared for their future

family that they would have one day?

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2- Read this amazing quote below by Sister Julie B. Beck (the General Relief Society President). Read it carefully, and when you are

finished, and consider the depth to what she has said, then you may want to add to your answer you put on #1.

As I’ve met with young single adults around the world, I ask these questions: Why does the First Presidency care so much about

the youth of the Church, and why do they invest so much? …These are the answers I get… They say: “Well, we are the future

Church leaders.” “Education is the key to success.” “We need training so we can stay strong.” “Our testimonies are strengthened

in our classes.” … I was very interested in those answers. You have to know that after pushing hard and receiving response after

response, I have rarely heard, “So I will someday be a better father, or a better mother, or a better family leader.” Family is rarely

on their minds. Their responses are generally about self, and of course we know this is the time of life they’re in. They’re living in a

very self-interested time of life, but they aren’t thinking about family….

Let’s talk…about the theology of the family…. Its based on the Creation, the Fall, and the Atonement. I don’t know how well *the

youth] understand that. They may be able to recite the facts about the Creation, but do they know that this is a theology of the

family? The Creation of the earth was the creation of an earth where a family could live.… The Fall provided a way for the family

to grow…. The Atonement allows for the family to be sealed together eternally. It allows for families to have eternal growth and

perfection.

The proclamation on the family was written to reinforce…the family being central to the Creator’s plan. Without the family, there

is no plan; there is no reason for it. I’m not certain that everyone of the rising generation understands that with clarity.

Sister Julie B. Beck (Seminaries and Institutes of Religion Satellite Broadcast, August 4, 2009)

3. What are some specific things your hero may have done, while they were young, to prepare themselves to be a great husband or wife and

father or mother?

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4. What do you hope your future spouse is doing right now, while they are in their youth, to prepare themselves for you and your future

family?

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