The Eternal Family: A Plain and Precious Part of the Plan of Salvation
This is the last chapter I will cover and one of the last of this wonderful book.
When we think about the term 'Eternal Family' usually we are given the analogy of a circle. There is no beginning, there is no middle, and there is no end. There is no top, no bottom.
Even though it is, sadly, impossible for us to be able to understand this concept now, we need to keep this in mind so that one day when we are capable to comprehend it, we will have that and enjoy the happiness forever.
But if we mess up now when we don't understand it, then one day when we do understand it we will be super upset and wish that a lot of things were different.
Judd makes some great statments in this chapter. He talks about Heavenly Father and how when he created His plan, it was perfect. His plan actually still is perfect, but we have the choice to do whatever we want. This led to the Fall of Adam and Eve.
I love this story because of new insight that I have received through going to the Temple and there pondering and praying.
Our destiny is to become like unto our Father, or in other words, become Gods ourselves. We need to try to to our best to grow up to be as our Father is so that we can have all that He hath and have the same happiness as well. Because He is perfect, that also means that His happiness is perfect. I, for one, would do anything to have perfect happiness.
The atonement, of course, is the most important thing to ever happen on the face of the earth. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ died for us so that we are able to repent of our sins and be made whole through Him.
Because of the restoration, not reformation, of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we can now be married in a Temple of God for time and all eternity. This is the ultimate happiness that we want to achieve in this life. Luckily, I married up!
I find that the Plan of Salvation ties in with The Family: A Proclamation to the World 100%. We need both in our lives. We need to study and understand both as much as possible, and we need to have testimonies of both.
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