Come Follow Me for Individuals and Families
New Testament Lesson #2
Matthew 1; Luke 1
Introduction
Next week we will be studying an October 2018 Conference talk in Relief Society and Priesthood, so the next time we will have an opportunity to discuss this week’s reading will be on the third Sunday. This puts even more emphasis on a constancy in how we approach this study in our homes. So much is changing: the umbrella organization for how to minister to our Heavenly Father’s children, butnotthe practice; the time devoted to worship at our Church buildings, butnotworship itself; the way we renew our covenants in the temple, butnotthe covenants themselves. I have to tell myself to notice the consistency and embrace the change.
Gabriel isn’t necessarily going to come to us to announce the blessings we have been seeking, or give us the calling the Lord has in store for us, but the Lord uses many different kinds of messengers. The most subtle, perhaps, being the Holy Spirit.
There is joy in discovering or rediscovering truths and doctrine in our standard works, whether it be with a companion, family, or quietly on your own. In this month’s EnsignGaye Strathearn writes beautifully about Mary and how to use her example as we progress in our discipleship.[1]
At the end of our lesson Kara mentioned that this reading was about miracles, that with God nothing is impossible. And I take from the lesson of Elisabeth and Zacharias, that we should not consider time, but have faith that the Lord will not withhold any blessing.
The last of my first impressions is the importance of family history, specifically genealogy. We are a product of our ancestors. With so much emphasis on DNA nowadays—even as an indicator of what foods you do and do not like—we have a responsibility to our forebears to offer them the saving ordinances of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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