I recently received
a new calling as a Sunday school teacher. Before I was even officially scheduled
to teach, I took a look at the lesson titles. Two of them were based around
family history. I knew without a doubt that I would be teaching one of them. Sure
enough my lesson was about finding joy in temple and family history work.
I wish to
talk a little about this lesson because I learned a few things that increased
my desire for this work even more. To start, I talked about the Plan of
Salvation (the Plan of Happiness or whatever else it may be called). This was
actually not part of the lesson, but in my studying I found it essential to get
across a few important ideas.
My focus
with the Plan of Salvation was the Spirit World. Mainly, how it is divided into
Paradise and Prison. It is my understanding that sometimes certain work is not
done for an individual to tie them together in sacred family units. If this is
the case, those individuals might be left in Prison until the work is done and
they are able to progress within God’s kingdom.
The reason I
bring this all up is because I feel strongly about the fact that many of us
agreed to personally turn our hearts to our fathers so they could be linked to
us eternally. Part of finding joy in this work is sharing our triumphs with
others. FAMILY, it is what our faith is all about. The first Christmas was a
son. It was an addition to a family, an addition that was able to link us all
forever. Merry Christmas!
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