revelation

this last weekend was general conference. our family was able to attend the solemn assembly during the first session on saturday morning. we had the awesome opportunity to stand individually and collectively and sustain Russel M. Nelson as a prophet of God. it. was. awesome.

i expected that the priesthood would be asked to stand and sustain separately and then that the entire congregation would stand. what i didn't expect was that members of the relief society were asked to stand separately and sustain the prophet. so were the young women. the sense of feeling noticed and counted as a woman while standing to raise my hand was so profound. pres nelson has done much in the last few years to call on the women of the church to rise up and take their place at the table. he has done so by asking the men to move over and make room, to listen, and to follow the inspired instruction and ideas of women. i love president nelson for realizing the worth of women AND doing something about it...giving it more than lip service.

getting to stand as a woman and raise my hand to sustain him as a prophet is a moment i will never forget. never. 

i absolutely felt the presence of God and holy angels during the solemn assembly. i saw God in the organization of the church and in the re-organization of the church. truly, He keeps talking to us.