The Family, A Proclamation to the World

The Family, a Proclamation to the World Was introduced in September of 1995, (which just happens to be the exact month I was born)  Which means, it's exactly 20 years old (like me)!  So I thought I would post about it today!

This is TRULY an inspired document!  I don't know what the world was like in 1995, but I know it must have been better than it is today!  We have been given this proclamation as a guide to help us remember the importance of the family.  

The first paragraph says:  

           "WE, THE FIRST PRESIDENCY and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children."

The family is central to God's plan for all of us!  I am so thankful for my family!  I don't know what I would do without them and I am so thankful that I have the knowledge that I have of Eternal Families!  There is so much talk right now of same sex marriage.  It makes my heart hurt to see how much Satan has influenced so many people on this earth.  I know that God's plan is for one man to marry one woman. His standards will NEVER change, despite all of the turmoil on the Earth right now!  I am so thankful for the constancy of the Gospel!  

Things are about to change!

For one of my classes this semester, The Eternal Family, to be exact, I get to participate in a semester long project to help me strengthen my testimony of the importance of the family unit and to help me strengthen my family.  I am really excited for this project, but there is a catch, I'm going to be blogging once a week throughout this semester about different topics that we learn about in my class, as well as things that I come across on line pertaining to the family.  I would really appreciate any feed back or insights that you are willing to share about the topics that I post.  I am so thankful for my family and the blessing that they are to me!  Stay tuned for my first post, hopefully coming sometime next week :)