302 Daughter of Heavenly Parents (Michelle Gessell)
Daughter of Heavenly Parents - Young Women Theme for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Conference Doodle. I created this image as a visual for the new Young Women Theme for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while listening to Sister Bonnie Cordon’s General Conference talk given in October 2019. This painting represents an eternal family pattern; Heavenly Mother, Heavenly Father, and a Child, together as one unit. A ripple effect and blue background represent the heavens as well as water. This represents the first ordinance, water by immersion and the ripple effect of conversion, the power of Christ's atonement that cleanses us each time we partake of the Sacrament, preparing a way to live again, not alone, but returning to our Heavenly home. This ripple effect shares our unity in Christ; everyone connected; our actions touch someone past, present, and future, with an emphasis on eternity. This ripple is also an echo of mirrors in a Temple Sealing room; mirrors that create a pattern, a ripple effect there, a constant, continuum, that families can be forever. A keyhole to represent priesthood keys and our access to them. The shape of the keyhole is slightly different on one side; one straight, one curvy, symbolizing many things. One thing is that our paths are all different, some straighter, others with more bends, both ways are a parallel path when focused on Thee. The keyhole also represents our different divine attributes, not one mold is the same, just as my house key does not fit your door. There is one key however that fits the same door, the priesthood key. We all have access to this "skeleton" key as we learn to use them. I also thought of Adam and Eve, each having a key, the power of the priesthood to all. I felt this painting would help our young women reflect on the pattern of an eternal family and the power of priesthood keys.
