As we celebrate Independence Day we are all grateful for the
free country in which we live. Many have sacrificed their lives for our
freedom. I am reminded of Moroni raising
the Title of Liberty to rally the people to defend their religion, to defend
their freedom and to defend their families. “And it came to pass that he rent
his coat; and he wrote upon it – In memory of our God, our religion, and
freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children…” Alma 46:12. He prayed to God for the
blessings of liberty to rest upon his brethren as long as there should be
Christians. His fellow countrymen came running to Moroni in a purpose to defend their liberty and
family. As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, we are Christians, we too have the need to defend our
liberty, and family. Elder D .Todd Christofferson said “We need strong
Christians who can make important things happen by their faith and who can
defend the truth of Jesus Christ against moral relativism and militant
atheism.” One of the things we need to defend, is the family as God intends for
it to be. The Family Proclamation was given almost 21 years ago. As President
Eyring said”…God won’t just tell us a few interesting things about the family;
he will tell us what a family should be and why.” Read and study the proclamation, truths will
be revealed to you to strengthen your own family against the bombardment of the
evil in the world today.
The Family Proclamation text is in a earlier blog entry, dated may 14, 2016
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