Exercising Faith

As the father and leader of my family I recognize the great responsibility I have to lead my family in righteousness.  I have to set an example for my children that will lead them to Christ and help them to build testimonies of their own.  I have the responsibility of helping them with their schooling, putting a roof over their heads, providing food for them to eat, taking care of themselves physically and so much more.  I will tell you right now that I am not very good at this stuff.  I fall short and am unable to meet all of their needs on my own.  I do however have a belief that through doing the things Heavenly Father would have me do I am strengthened and my family is blessed.  Those blessings come through others who the Lord inspires to serve our family in a variety of ways.  I am so very grateful for these blessings.  I recognized my imperfections and failings a long time ago.  I guess I should clarify that by saying some of my imperfections and failings because I seem to be discovering more of them at a regular pace.  In any case, knowing how weak I am I know that I need help, even divine intervention.  And so I try each day to exercise my faith in Jesus Christ by living the gospel and by doing the basics.  You know the basics - reading scriptures, saying prayers, holding regular family home evenings, attending church meetings, visiting and serving in the Temple, performing our Priesthood duties.  I can say some days are better than others in my exercising of faith however, I believe the Lord knows our hearts and our desires and as we go forth and do our best I believe we can call down the powers of Heaven to bless our homes and our families.  Oh how I need strength from the Lord to carry on and how grateful I am for exercising faith.