{"id":32863,"date":"2026-07-21T09:35:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T15:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=32863"},"modified":"2026-07-21T22:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T04:28:15","slug":"gather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2026\/07\/gather\/","title":{"rendered":"Gatherer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I compare myself to others, my life seems small. When I look at my life by the Lord’s measure, I no longer feel that way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

As one who has made a covenant with God, you are part of the house of Israel. You have been gathered, and you are a gatherer. The centuries-long epic story of the covenant people is building to its climax, and you are a key player. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now is the time when \u201cJesus will say to all Israel, \u2018Come home.\u2019\u201dThis is the message of the gatherers: Come home to the covenant. Come home to Zion. Come home to Jesus Christ, the Holy One of Israel, and He will bring you home to God, your Father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-July 2026 Come Follow Me Manual chapter, “Jesus will say to all Israel, Come Home.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\n

President Russell M. Nelson has called this gathering \u201cthe most important thing taking place on earth today. Nothing else compares in magnitude, nothing else compares in importance, nothing else compares in majesty. And if you choose to, if you want to, you can be a big part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\n

\u201cAnytime you do anything that helps anyone\u2014on either side of the veil\u2014take a step toward making covenants with God and receiving their essential baptismal and temple ordinances, you are helping to gather Israel. It is as simple as that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Russell M. Nelson<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I compare myself to others, my life seems small. When I look at my life by the Lord’s measure, I no longer feel that way. As one who has made a covenant with God, you are part of the house of Israel. You have been gathered, and you are a gatherer. The centuries-long epic … Continue reading Gatherer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,4,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-missionary","category-motherhood","category-temple-and-family-history-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32863"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32878,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32863\/revisions\/32878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}