I don't know how many of you keep a journal or some kind of Family History Book. Several years, ago, President Spencer W. Kimball admonished us to do so...I'd like to type up a portion of his thoughts:
"For those of you who may not have already started your books of remembrance and your records, we would suggest that THIS VERY DAY you begin to write your records quite fully and completely. We hope that you will do this, our brothers and sisters, for this is WHAT THE LORD HAS COMMANDED."
"Those who keep a book of remembrance are MORE LIKELY TO KEEP THE LORD IN REMEMBRANCE in their DAILY LIVES. Journals are a way of COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS and of leaving an inventory of these blessings for our POSTERITY."
"Your journal is your AUTOBIOGRAPHY, so it should be kept carefully. YOU are UNIQUE, and there may be incidents in your experience that are more NOBLE and PRAISEWORTHY in their way than those recorded in any OTHER LIFE."
"YOUR STORY should be written now while if is FRESH and while the TRUE DETAILS are AVAILABLE."
"Get a notebook...a journal that will last THROUGH ALL TIME, and the ANGELS MAY QUOTE FROM IT for eternity. REMEMBER, the SAVIOR CHASTISED those who failed to RECORD IMPORTANT EVENTS."
"The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, pages 349-351)
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