And it came to pass, in a time of highly technological advances in the land of America, that the Saints were able to use the new media to improve their process of doing their genealogy and family history work, and to access church materials through the advanced uses of the Internet. And behold, it came to pass, in this the fifth year of the reign of Obama, that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hath released a new edition of the Holy Scriptures, and made them available to be downloaded onto handheld devices, which hath allowed members of the Church to have quick access to the Scriptures, which were readily available upon announcement.
And it also came to pass, that the holy prophets of the Church began to teach and to prophesy of the importance of doing family history work, and missionary work, to help the kingdom of God grow upon the face upon the whole earth. Yea, and it cometh to pass, and it is being fulfilled concerning the coming of "Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord." And that Elijah would "turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers." (Malachi 4:5-6)
For behold, hath not the prophets exhorted us to use the media and technology for the purposes of communicating, and exchanging family history information? Yea, and hath they not also exhorted us to use the media to share the gospel with our friends and family? Verily, verily, I say unto you, yea!
I would exhort you, my brethren and sister,s to use the media to access these things, and do your family history work in your families, that you and your children may draw close together, and to allow your heart turn to your fathers, and the heart of your fathers to yours. I would also exhort you, again, to use Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, and other on-line resources to share your genealogy with one another.
Great post! So glad you brought in the church, genealogy and family history work. New Media has been huge in advancing this work! It is definitely a blessing.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kimara! I figured it would be pretty easy to say that media can be over used, and is taking family members separated from each other, which can be true. But, I wanted to talk about the good that the ready media and technological tools we have to our advantage. The General Authorities have been greatly encouraging members to talk about the Church and our doctrines, including our youth groups, so I figured that I could rather emphasize on that idea instead.
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