I guess I just didn’t get far enough in.” The mother picked up the little boy and asked him what had happened. There he was, lying on the floor next to his bed. Then they heard a soft cry coming from their four-year-old son’s bedroom. One young mother and father sat at their kitchen table reviewing their day. Their care is primary to us-as it is to Him. Instead we value children, and we do all we can to combat the evils of abuse. That means we never harm them physically, verbally, or emotionally in any way, even when tensions and pressures run high. He trusts us to value, respect, and protect them as children of God. To our Heavenly Father, children have never been secondary-they have always been “primary.” 1 Have you ever wondered why we call Primary “Primary”? While the name refers to spiritual learning children receive in their earliest years, to me it is also a reminder of a powerful truth.
