Out in the Open

I take the Seattle Times paper

and I was excited to see a special Times edition magazine in the paper this week on

how to be "GREEN"

I am trying to be a conscious of my decisions and how they effect the earth.

That said

I was horrified by the 3rd of 10 suggestions

3. USE CONDOMS

I read on to find out that they were actually suggesting that having children was not eco-friendly because of the amount of pollution those children will put out in their life time.

This idea to me is WAY beyond !

I still believe as our prophets have counseled in the

Proclamation to the World

that God's commandment to multiply and replenish the Earth is still in force today.

I am so sad to see the world becoming a place where living together & premartial sex is normal and marriage and procreation is odd or non eco-friendly.

I know that God is mindful of us

I also know that we are blessed when we obey the Lord's commandments both from the scriptures and from our Prophets.

I have been apologetic in the past about the number of children I have, I will not apologize any longer. I know that my children are supposed to be here with me in my family. I know that God has commanded us to have children, I know I have been blest through our obedience to this command. I also know that our living Prophet Thomas S. Monson is truly the prophet of our times. He has been called for this time to help all those who will listen.

I needed to bear testimony of these things, because

I KNOW