Sharing and Defending Family Proclamation Principles

"The time will come when only those who believe deeply and actively in the family will be able to persevere their families in the midst of the gathering evil around us." (Spencer W. Kimball)

While our own families are our most important responsibility, every family of the earth is in need of the vital blessings that come from living proclamation principles. "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" should motivate us not only to apply true principles to protect our own families, but it should also move us to share these principles with other. As we share the principles of the proclamation with others, we can fulfill that directive to preach and warn our neighbors, helping them strengthen their families. The proclamation is to the world, but we, as Latter-Day Saints, are the messengers that take its truths to our friends, associates, and family members who collectively constitute the "world"; we are the mild and meek warning voice.

I encourage you to initiate share and defend experiences with friends, family members, colleagues, and acquaintances both near and far. This might end up being an exercise for you, but if you really truly develop a sincere effort to reach out you will be blessed to have the spirit by your side. And the Holy Ghost will guide you as you teach others about The Family Proclamation. Even if they do not agree with the idea, you have planted a seed that hopefully someday will grow.

I would just like to end on this note. I am a child of God. I am will defend the honor of families and the importance that they have or should have in this world. What a beautiful gift God has given us to have families and to be a part of them. I love my family as imperfectly as it is. And I know that each of the members of my family are great and each of them has a beautiful gift to offer this world. They are talented in their own ways and have light of Christ is them. We are not a perfect family, but we sure as heck are trying to be.