Teaching stewardship of Relationships

Part 7 of the series on stewardships...

We all have a stewardship for the relationships in our life. I believe it's this stewardship that teaches us to become the most Christlike. As we strive to become unselfish in our relationships, we become more charitable.

The rules for relationships are very simple. In fact, it's just the first two commandments: Love the Lord God and Love thy neighbor as thyself. D&C 88:123-124 says "See that ye love one another; cease to be covetous; learn to impart one to another as the gospel requires... cease to find fault one with another."

All we have to do is two things and not do two things. Simple, right? Yes, but not easy!

King Benjamin said in Mosiah 4:15 "Ye will not suffer your children ... that they transgress the laws of God, and fight and quarrel one with another and serve the devil, who is the master of sin... But ye will teach them to walk in the ways of truth and soberness; ye will teach them to love one another, and to serve one another."

For practical ideas, I like Nicholeen Peck's Teaching Self-Government, Keri Tibbet's parenting article, and The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts / The Five Love Languages of Children.