7 Quotes, Thoughts, or Scriptures that Ground Me….


1-  The Proclamation is clear and unmistakable.  There is no way to misunderstand the position of the Brethren on the family.  President Uchtdorf said:

“Teach the truth with courage and clarity.  The world offers many morally-confusing philosophies.  Remain committed to the eternal, unchanging doctrines of the gospel and teach them so clearly that they cannot be misunderstood.”  (CES Fireside, January 28, 2011)

2-  Heavenly Father taught it clearly from the very beginning, and his Prophets and Apostles continue to do so.

“…Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God…”  The word “ordain” is such an important word – It means to establish, decree, or make law.  And when God ordains something it is vital that we understand why.  How does it fit into the Plan?  What must we understand about this?  And what happens when we decide that we know more than God and change the rules?(check out the second to last paragraph of the Proclamation to see what it says there!)The Family Under Siege:  The Role of Man and Woman by Bruce Satterfield. And truthfully, once I understood what is taught in this talk – it gave all of the quotes above in an entirely new perspective!

And if you are looking for an easy way to see how well your family knows the Proclamation
here is a download you can print off and see if they can fill in the blanks!  My advice is that it is more important to listen to what they think goes in those blanks more than if they actually get the exact word correct.

Here is the PDF:  family proclamation fill in the blank

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50 comments

  3. Thank you so much — I’ve copied this off and forwarded it (with your blog address, of course) to my friends/family who I’ve told about this series. What a fabulous series of important quotes/references to talk about this issue. Thank you so much!

  8. Thank you so much for sharing the treasures you have gleaned. I have added numerous of your ideas and pages to my scripture journal and will add this one. Thanks again. ♥ this! IT’s going to be a great celebration!

  9. I’m excited to read that talk! Thank you for always giving me new insight into the scriptures and ways to study them! I can’t wait to study this proclamation better.

  11. I always find your blog uplifting and inspiring. I’m so glad you’re joining in this celebration this year, you and Jocelyn are two of my go to sites for uplifting reading. Love the talk by the BYU Professor, priceless. Thank you for sharing.

  14. I love the
    insights and thought you share on your fabulous blog. I’m so excited for the celebration of the family. Family IS something to be celebrated! This is an awesome giveaway! 🙂

  18. Prophets are amazing. I like how you talked about us trying to change the rules God has created. When the rules change, family relationship can be destroyed. Maybe not immediately but eventually.

  24. Wow, I really enjoyed reading the talk from the professor from BYU-Idaho! Guess I never really thought of parenthood being training for Godhood.

  25. Thank you for sharing these wonderful quotes and scriptures. It truly is amazing how hard satan is trying to pull the family apart and I am so grateful that we have the teachings of the gospel to teach us what is the most important and to help keep us on track.

  26. I love the Family Proclamation! I think it is so important. That’s why I am so excited to have this celebration. Thank you so much for all your hard work.

  30. “…teach them so clearly that they cannot be misunderstood” I love that! And the talk by Bruce Satterfield, WOW! I am so grateful that this is going on now, the Celebration of the Family. It is so very timely! Thank you for this post and for your blog…I love it!!!

  31. Someone, that I actually don’t know, recommended your blog, and I am SO glad she did. This is the perfect spiritual pick-me-up that I needed! I’m looking forward to the next 2 weeks, and beyond that too!

  32. Thank you for the quotes, talk recommendation, and the download! I just LOVE your blog, and I have used many of your resources with my family. Thanks for sharing your talents and light!

  33. Thanks for the quotes. These are great. I also printed out the fill in the blank to test it out on myself!
    Thank you for that talk as well. I printed it out so I can read it in more detail later.

  38. I love your site! I found you through sugardoodle. I have loved reading your weekly posts, they really help boost my day! I had been looking for ways to better improve my personal scripture study and your ideas were just what I was looking for. I am loving the celebration on families! I am grateful for the knowledge that families are forever and that we need to do our part here to make our families strong so that we can live together forever in the eternities.

    P.S.
    I tried to load the celebration button but I couldn’t get it to work otherwise I would have added that to my personal site.

  39. What great thoughts! I will definitely study these more and use them as I, too, teach the youth.

    PS — the link to the blog hop topics is broken for me… is it just me?

  40. I am going to see if my kids can fill in the blanks on the proclamation sheet. I have the talk saved to my desktop and will read it when I get the chance. Thanks for all the great quotes!

  42. I’m fairly new to your site and I am so thrilled that I found you. I have been a little sluggish with my scripture study and I truly do appreciate everything you share. Since we are empty nesters I thought I’d print out The Proclamation fill in the blank page for me and my husband.Thanks so much!

  46. What wonderful quotes! Our YW in our ward put together a book of fhe lessons to help teach the Proclamation and we are starting it this week! So excited to have the quotes to go with it too!!!

  47. I love your blog. I stayed home from Church sick today and used my quiet peaceful time to look at what you offered today. I am grateful to say that I felt the Spirit! Thank you.

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