Oh. My. Goodness. April General Conference was phenomenal! It was really powerful to gather as Saints despite the unique circumstances we were in. I felt like a lot of the distractions I face during General Conference just … went away. I was supposed to be in Salt Lake with my roommate over Spring Break this weekend, but life had other plans for me. Nevertheless, I’m so grateful I could spend this General Conference at home with my family. A definite highlight of this General Conference was hearing President Nelson read the restoration proclamation.
All the words felt familiar and brought me back to my time serving as a missionary. I thought of the hundreds of times I taught the lesson of the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The words in the restoration proclamation paralleled so many of the words I spoke to hundreds of people, many of whom became close friends.
Right away I started creating plans to begin studying this restoration proclamation. I just completed a project of re-memorizing The Family: A Proclamation to the World for Institute. As I did, each phrase confirmed the truth of those words, and I felt so much comfort from its teachings. And so, I thought I should take this opportunity to create cards to use for memorizing this restoration proclamation.
Any individual, family, or group could benefit from studying and memorizing this amazing document. Immediately I thought of all the missionaries who are in quarantine, both the newly-released missionaries at home, and those in the field who are staying in their apartments. A sure way to brighten any missionary’s day is with an email with shiny new material to study! And by internalizing the way prophets and apostles have taught these truths, their teaching will doubtlessly be enhanced.
Luckily, though, this isn’t just for missionaries. This isn’t even just for members. The restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ is for everybody, because His gospel is for everybody. I think my favorite characteristic of the restoration proclamation is how it focuses so much on Jesus Christ and the fact that this is His church and His gospel.
You can download a full 8.5×11 PDF with the entire restoration proclamation here.
Kristin Cummings says
Deborah,
Thanks for the beautiful memorization cards. They are exactly what I needed!
Jessica Murdock says
Thank you so much!