A Conference Promise Kept
We were promised that April 2020’s general conference would be unforgettable if we prepared well.
I didn’t know beforehand how the conference would be so unforgettable; the First Vision and the Restoration have always been very dear to my heart since joining the Church in my early 20’s.
At that time, joining a church was the last thing on my mind. I did not want to join any social club or institution—I did not feel lost. But once I heard about the First Vision and the Restoration, I knew I had to find out for myself if it was true. And, once I had that confirmation, the new knowledge became key to my new life. Knowing that the First Vision and the Restoration were true changed everything going forward.
On my mission the following year, as I studied and taught the First Vision and the Restoration my testimony of them became even stronger.
Now, many years after my conversion, I listened to all the talks of the April 2020 conference and made notes. As I did so, I came up with a number of things I could change and refine, but it did not yet seem unforgettable.
But as I watched the Sunday morning session and listened to President Russell M. Nelson, the same feeling and excitement I experienced the first time I studied the First Vision and the Restoration, suddenly came back to me. The reciting of the Bicentennial Proclamation and the music that followed were very powerfully felt by me.
Knowing that the First Vision and the Restoration are true is key for all of us. All the other details surrounding the First Vision and the period of the Restoration of the Church and the gospel are less important.
It is quite simple, either the First Vision happened, or it didn’t. That is what we need to work out. And if it happened, then we need to act accordingly.