POST: 9

This past week in family relations class a particular item we discussed perk my interest and that was of counsels and the counsel method. It was very interesting for me to see that in our church the counsel method of making decisions is practically all that we do, but for a reason. Counseling with each other and in groups is a very effective way of making decisions and making sure that what is best becomes the outcome. Counsels allow people to be very open with each other, come up with a consensus amongst a group ( not compromise), enable people to be honest with each other, be somewhat vulnerable to criticisms or advice, as well as being unified in purpose and in what gets accomplished. We found that even through the counsels with prophets and apostles big decisions are made and agreed upon and it is made easy to build trust and friendship between each other when these counsels are held properly.