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The thoughts in this article are very perceptive.  I enjoyed reading and thinking about it! Epiphany: How to “Un-Judge” Your Neighbor By  Anne Hinton Pratt  · October 23, 2019 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE We’re all in this earthly school trying our best to learn to be like God. There are times in our lives when a lesson hits us squarely in the face, and we begin to see things from a different and enlarged perspective. That happened to me, and I’d like to share the amazing, elevating things I learned: Spiritual Jolt Years ago, I was in a church meeting with my husband, and noticed that he kept nodding off. This wasn’t new. In fact, it happened quite often. This particular Sunday though, my self-righteous self raised its ugly head and I felt indignation that he could allow himself to do this.  I didn’t buy into the “I’m just resting my eyes” story. I nudged him several times to wake up, and privately fumed that he wasn’t payi

This is wise advice I wish we had many years ago.  It could have saved us many impulsive decisions! Simple Counsel From a Stake President that Changed My Life Forever By  Chris Hall  · October 20, 2019 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE I clearly remember that day back in the summer of 1968. My husband and I were sitting in Sacrament Meeting in our student ward at BYU, when we received counsel that has profoundly affected my life.  Our Stake President was speaking, and what he taught us is one of the few life lessons I still remember from our four years of university life. It has influenced countless decisions that my husband and I have made, prevented us from making unwise decisions, and given us the strength to hold on just a little longer when we were about to say something we should not have said. I have, on occasion, wondered how different our lives would be if we had been out of town that weekend and had missed his guida

This was in the Deseret News, published in Salt Lake City, Utah, today on October 21, 2019.  It is something we all should think, and then pray, about! This should be for all nations on the earth, not just the United States! ‘A new movement’: Pray for the country, its leaders, church official urges Latter-day Saints By  Sarah Jane Weaver     Oct 20, 2019, 8:41pm MDT Share this storyShare this on Twitter   (opens in new window) SHARE All sharing options President M. Russell Ballard, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Elder D. Todd Christofferson, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, wave to attendees after a devotional in Worcester, Massachusetts, on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019.   Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News WORCESTER, Mass. — President M. Russell Ballard urged members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New England on Sunday evening to “join a new movement” by inviti

I started this article, and it was supposed to be posted September 24th, 2019.   I got a call about 1 p.m. in the afternoon with the sad news that my grandson's wife had passed away suddenly, in St. George.  So I got on a shuttle and hurried down there.  Helping him that week, coming back up to West Bountiful on the weekend, and then going back for the funeral on October 3rd, I got sidetracked on doing my blogs.  Then I went to my sister's and watched General Conference, on October 6th, 2019, which was my 85th birthday!  I came home, and was very worn out for a few days.  I really enjoyed Conference! I've had time to recuperate, and rest, and now I need to get used to being 85! So the post below was scheduled to be posted on September 24, and is over 3 weeks late!  I'll post more often now.  Love to all you dear readers!   -------------------------------------------------------- Today is our 64th wedding anniversary!  I'm celebrating by remembering many won