The Hearts of the Children
I loved the insights that Michael R. Otterson has for family
history work. I hadn't really put that
much thought into when the revelation was given to Joseph Smith, but it puts so
much more significance to the work that needs to be done because it was one of
the first things that was told to Joseph Smith.
The scriptures found in Malachi 4:6 and
Doctrine and Covenants 2:2-3 are a wonderful way to describe family history
work - "And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and
the heart of the children to their fathers." The last part in Malachi says, "lest I
come and smite the earth with a curse" and the last part of Doctrine and
Covenants 2 it says, "If it were not so, the whole earth would be utterly
wasted at his coming." The curse would be is that not everyone would be
given the chance to live with Heavenly Father again and that would mean that
everything would be utterly wasted.
What a blessing it is to know that
Heavenly Father loves all of his children and has a plan that includes every
one of them.
(The video I watched was http://www2.byui.edu/VideoPlayer/BYUIplayer.html?StartCue=89&EndCue=2473&VideoName=2006_11_28_DV_Otterson&VideoType=devotionals)
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