"The Echo"

The other day Luis read me a poem from the conference issue of the Ensign. It really hit home with me because it made me realize how important it is to be a good example to our children. We have such a huge responsibility to raise them right and teach them the true principles of the gospel. The world today really is full of so many things that can pull our children away from what is right... we need to be faithful and teach our children, through example, that we are enduring to the end!

’Twas a sheep not a lamb
That strayed away in the parable Jesus told,
A grown-up sheep that strayed away
From the ninety and nine in the fold.
And why for the sheep should we seek
And earnestly hope and pray?
Because there is danger when sheep go wrong:
They lead the lambs astray.
Lambs will follow the sheep, you know,
Wherever the sheep may stray.
When sheep go wrong,
It won’t take long till the lambs are as wrong as they.
And so with the sheep we earnestly plead
For the sake of the lambs today,
For when the sheep are lost
What a terrible cost
The lambs will have to pay.

Here is the complete article: http://lds.org/general-conference/2011/04/establishing-a-christ-centered-home?lang=eng&noLang=true&path=/general-conference/2011/04/establishing-a-christ-centered-home