Last Saturday, I attended a Relief Society conference with my mom. I was eager to spend time with her, but when they announced that the topic would be family history, I wasn't so excited. I am happy to say I was pleasantly surprised.
The speaker was Lindsey Powell, a woman who teaches family history in Utah County. She gave a wonderful and inspiring talk not just about family history, but why we should do it. She also gave several ideas about how to do family history, not just pedigree charts and PAF files.
One way was what she called a Book of Remembrance. Not the old long books with posts to keep your genealogy. She referred to Moses 6:1-7, where it talks about Adam, Seth and Enos keeping a book of remembrance in which they recorded their spiritual insights, much like Nephi did on the small plates.
She said we should write down our inspired interpretations of principles and doctrines-our gospel understandings.
Since blogging is the only time in my life I have been somewhat consistent in keeping track of things, I thought I should keep my book of remembrance here. I hope to be able to write down insights I receive, not only for myself, but also for my children. I want them to know how my testimony grows a little bit here and a little bit there.
To keep myself inspired, here are a couple of quotes:
"When you receive revelation, it is an offense not to write it down." Richard G. Scott
""Failure to record insights is neglectful." Joseph Smith
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