Generations Linked in Love-Relief Society Lesson 6/27/10

Sister Tifnee Saunders gave a great lesson today based on the conference talk given by Russell M Nelson, Titled "Generations Linked in Love"


Family history work is fundamental to protecting the sacredness of the institution of the family, Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said during the Sunday afternoon session of conference.
"While the family is under attack throughout the world, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints proclaims, promotes and protects the truth that the family is central to the Creator's plan for the eternal destiny of His children,"

Tifnee brought up the importance of reading with our spouse and teaching our children about, The Family - A Proclamation to the World. 

God loves all of His children and each one can receive the blessings of the Atonement if they obey the eternal laws and commandments. God provided a way for those who die without the gospel to be part of an eternal family and instituted the ordinance of baptism for the dead before the world began, he said.
A natural desire to learn about ancestors dwells in everyone's heart, regardless of age.
"When our hearts turn to our ancestors, something changes inside us," Elder Nelson said. "We feel part of something greater than ourselves. Our inborn yearnings for family connections are fulfilled when we are linked to our ancestor through sacred ordinances of the temple."

Tifnee talked about 5 ways that we can do family history depending on what stage of life we are in.

1. Young children can draw pictures of their family tree
2. Teenage children can do baptisms for the dead
3. Adults can attend the temple on a regular basis
4. Adults can learn the computer programs or go to the family history center
5. All ages can write down their own personal family history through journaling

Tifnee closed her lesson with a quote from Russel M Nelson stating "While temple and family history work has the power to bless those beyond the veil, it has an equal power to bless the living," Elder Nelson emphasized. "It has a refining influence on those who are engaged in it. They are literally helping to exalt their families."