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I'm working on this -- but I still have moments when I allow a situation to really frustrate me, which could be construed as anger.  I need to repent! “Never Let Anger Arise In Your Heart” By JeaNette Goates Smith  · March 30, 2015  from Meridian Magazine After reading  my last column about the dangers of anger , a reader astutely referred to a quote by Brigham Young, “Now I charge you again, and I charge myself not to get angry. Never let anger arise in your hearts. No, Brigham, never let anger arise in your heart, never, never!” The quote can be found in the Discourses of Brigham Young 14:156. The claim that anger can be entirely avoided, never to enter into our hearts in the first place, may seem audacious. Nevertheless, it is entirely possible, if we incorporate some new thinking. Identify Underlying Emotions Anger is what psychologists refer to as a “secondary” emotion. It is not necessarily the first emotion that we experience, but...

This article from Meridian Magazine has some sound doctrine, and is encouraging to read when times are tough! An update!  My husband, Wayne, is out of the hospital, (March 30, 2015) and into a rehab again!  But hopefully this time he will heal and be able to do the things he loves, and we love to do together. LINE UPON LINE Broken Down on the Road to Zion By H. Wallace Goddard and Barbara Keil  · March 15, 2015 from  Meridian Magazine. There’s a lot of rumbling among the saints today. Buzzing about the role of women. Concern about polygamy. Fretting about various historical issues. Disquiet about the boundary between inclusion and exclusion. These are unsettled times. Yet there is nothing quite like a little historical excursion to put today’s challenges in perspective. Sylvester Smith battled Joseph all along the journey of Zion’s Camp. And the whole enterprise of marching out to claim Zion appeared ill-conceived when nothing came of it. Many...

This lovely article came from LDS Living, posted February 11, 2015, just before Valentine's Day.  I saved it for a day such as this.  My dear husband, Wayne, is in intensive care again, with many health problems.  I have been there all day, and helped feed him his lunch and dinner.  September 24, 2015, will mark our 60th Wedding Anniversary.  I hope he survives until then.  I'll update this blog now and then. Love Lessons from the Prophets & Their Wives DANIELLE BECKSTROM - FEBRUARY 11, 2015 We have been given some of the best examples of how to build devoted,uplifting, and eternal marriages through the lives and examples of the apostles. Because Latter-day Saints believe marriage is an essential step to exaltation, we strive to create marriages that strengthen and uplift us every moment, not only here but through eternity, something that’s much easier said than done. As with all things worthwhile, marriage and love are hard, stressful, an...

This is a lovely study of the most important event since the life and resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ!  I have a solid testimony that these events did happen, and that the Prophet Joseph is truly what he said he was, and he saw what he said he saw! I have read this before, and it is fascinating!  It is a bit long, but if you have time to read it, you'll be excited! (From Meridian Magazine) CHURCH HISTORY Oh, How Lovely Was the Morning: Sun 26 Mar 1820? By John C. Lefgren and John P. Pratt  · March 25, 2015 Editor’s Note: This is an article that appeared first some years ago on Meridian. We felt it was important and remains timely enough to be worthy of publishing again.  What is the most important date in Church history? There have been days on which some very important visitors have come. John the Baptist, as well as Peter, James and John all came to restore the priesthood. The Savior, Moses, Elias and Elijah all came on the same Easter...