Many things we do as a family, from birthday parties to family dinners to gifts we exchange to prayers we say for each other and even the "Dixon Fairness Doctrine," help us become more unified as a family. Elder Eyring's talk in the October General Conference stressed how joy comes through unity:
We know from experience that joy comes when we are blessed with unity. We yearn, as spirit children of our Heavenly Father, for that joy which we once had with Him in the life before this one. His desire is to grant us that sacred wish for unity out of His love for us.
He cannot grant it to us as individuals. The joy of unity He wants so much to give us is not solitary. We must seek it and qualify for it with others. It is not surprising then that God urges us to gather so that He can bless us. He wants us to gather into families. He has established classes, wards, and branches and commanded us to meet together often. In those gatherings, which God has designed for us, lies our great opportunity. We can pray and work for the unity that will bring us joy and multiply our power to serve.
President Henry B. Eyring, Our Hearts Knit as One, October 2008 General Conference
I hope we will continue to seek ways to draw us all close together in unity, so we can help each other through challenging times and prepare for the time when we can, together, walk back into the presence of God.
Love,
Dad/Mark
