Counseling in Families

Here's a quick though on counseling in your family. Every Thursday the 1st Presidency and the Quorem of the 12 meet in the temple. Part of their meeting includes: Expressing love and gratitude for each other; an opening prayer (they invite the Spirit in their prayer to be with them in their meeting); discussing to consensus and idea and making sure that it is the Lord's will; a closing prayer (notice they keep inviting the Spirit); eating chocolate (and sometime pie)! :) Now, imagine if we used this counseling process in our families? What would happen if, when we gathered to discuss something as a family, we were able to express our love for each other. We could invite the Spirit through prayer. We could listen to everyone's persepctive and come to a conclusion together (that is in line with the Lord's will) and then close by thanking the Lord. (Dessert is also a good thing!) I feel that these steps would really help to bring a family together. Especially through expressing love and appreciation as well as inviting the Spirit; this will also help to eliminate contention. It will increas love in the family! Parents will also be teaching their children wise ways to work out problems and find solutions.