January Primary Songs and Thoughts
Joseph Smith History 1:16-17
Exerting all my powers to call upon God to deliver me out of the power of this enemy which had seized upon me, and at the very moment when I was ready to sink into despair and abandon myself to destruction—not to an imaginary ruin, but to the power of some actual being from the unseen world, who had such marvelous power as I had never before felt in any being—just at this moment of great alarm, I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me.
It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which held me bound. When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!
President Russell M. Nelson said, “The very first word in the Doctrine of Covenants is HEARKEN. It means to listen with intent to obey. To hearken means to “hear him”, to hear what the Savior says and then to heed his counsel.” As we begin this new year and study the Doctrine of Covenants as a family we hope that you continue to HEARKEN to the word of God and feel closer to your Savior.
