Thank you, Cindy, for all of the preparation that you put into today's lesson: The Gathering of the House of Israel. "God gathers His children through missionary work. As people come to a knowledge of Jesus Christ, receiving the ordinances of salvation and keeping the associated covenants, they become the children of the covenant. He has important reasons for gathering His children. He gathers them so they can learn the teachings of the gospel and prepare themselves to meet the Savior when He comes again. He gathers them so they will build temples and perform sacred ordinances for ancestors who have died without having this opportunity. He gathers them so they can strengthen one another and be unified in the gospel, finding protection from unrighteous influences in the world. He also gathers them so they can prepare themselves to share the gospel with others."
I recommend that you take a minute to click on the lesson title link and read through the lesson if you haven't yet had a chance to do so. The manual presents the history of the Gathering of the House of Israel in a very straight-forward manner.
I know that we are all children of our Father in Heaven, and that as we make covenants with Him, we have the opportunity to enjoy the blessings that He has in store for us.
