More Mormon Rules
In the previous post about Mormon rules, I covered the basic rules, but there are many smaller rules that we had as a family while I was growing up. I don’t know if they’re “Mormon rules”, but the culture is hard to separate from the religion, so I’ve just posted the rules we had as a family.
1. On Sundays, we didn’t play with our friends or go out to eat. We also didn’t go to the store or listen to the rock music we listened to the rest of the week.
2. If we saw someone in need, we would stop and help them. This sometimes made us late, but we felt that it was more important to stop and help.
3. We always waited until the prayer was said before we could take a bite of food at the table. I remember as a little girl, I thought that if you ate food that hadn’t been blessed, you would probably get sick or something.
4. Never talk back or sass your parents. I remember that I got in trouble a few times for some sassy remark that I didn’t realize was out of line, but my dad would not tolerate disrespect for our mom. There was nothing that made him more upset than if we treated my mom with disrespect.
5. Don’t work on Sundays. This got me out of a lot of chores. Of course, there are some chores you have to do on Sundays, but we tried our best to remind our parents of this rule anytime we were asked to help.
6. Family night always needs refreshments. We would get together as a family every Monday night and we always had a special treat. We also had a fun lesson or games or an activity. Monday night was the best!
I’m sure I’ll think of more as soon as I publish this, but this is all I can think of for now. I hope you know that the most important thing about being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the closeness I feel toward my Savior, and the strength it gives me to know I’m a child of God.
Amy, it sounds like these are all rules we should be following, all of us. I would like to see a little modification to the Sunday rules however, otherwise, I’m thinking these are all great standards for us all.
I agree. The Sunday rules were a little strict, even for me.
I have seen so many nasty post and comments about the rules we follow and an outsiders perspective. Thank you for including how these “rules” made you feel growing up. I felt the spirit behind your feelings and I hope others will too.