Jacob 3

1 BUT behold, I, Jacob, would speak unto you that are pure in heart. Look unto God with firmness of mind, and pray unto him with exceeding faith, and he will console you in your afflictions, and he will plead your cause, and send down justice upon those who seek your destruction.
2 O all ye that are pure in heart, lift up your heads and receive the pleasing word of God, and feast upon his love; for ye may, if your minds are firm, forever.
3 But, wo, wo, unto you that are not pure in heart, that are filthy this day before God; for except ye repent the land is cursed for your sakes; and the Lamanites, which are not filthy like unto you, nevertheless they are cursed with a sore cursing, shall scourge you even unto destruction.
(Book of Mormon | Jacob 3:1 - 3)

I felt like Jacob was praying upon my vanity here. As he said, he's speaking to the pure in heart, I almost quit reading, because--well--I don't feel so pure in heart. But then, I continued reading, thinking...I'm not so bad...maybe this message could apply to me, and WHAM!! For those of you reading who are not really pure in heart, you better repent or the whole land is cursed just to punish you, and so the pure are being punished along with you---how does that make you feel?

10 Wherefore, ye shall remember your children, how that ye have grieved their hearts because of the example that ye have set before them; and also, remember that ye may, because of your filthiness, bring your children unto destruction, and their sins be heaped upon your heads at the last day.
(Book of Mormon | Jacob 3:10)

OK, OK, so I need to do better in raising my children. What kind of example have I been? When they are adults, are they going to excuse themselves when they do wrong, or will they fess up and apologize. I keep feeling like the moral lessons I try to teach are just not sinking in. Am I not a good enough example? Don't get me wrong, I have very good kids. But, sometimes, I worry that I'm sending the wrong message. There's such a fine line between teaching good behavior and being intolerant of childhood. I wish I could walk it better.