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This is a beautiful inspirational article from Meridian Magazine.  It helps me appreciate the Pearl of Great Price so much more!   How Life Would Be Different without the Pearl of Great Price By  Marilynne Todd Linford  · March 14, 2022 Now that Come Follow Me is finished with references to the Pearl of Great Price, I’m thinking about how the Pearl of Great Price doesn’t get equal billing with the rest of the Standard Works of the Church. As you know, the Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, and Doctrine and Covenants are on rotation to be studied every four years. Here we are in 2022—an Old Testament year. We study it in Sunday School, and we have our own Come Follow Me Old Testament manual to study at home. The Pearl of Great Price does not get it’s own year or its own Come Follow Me manual. What happens is the Pearl of Great Price gets divided up—a little bit here and even less there. The books of Moses and Abraham are included for a few weeks with the Ol...

This is a very interesting article, about Kolob, and the universe!  I learned some new things I had never heard. 3 Fascinating Things Every Mormon Should Know About Kolob by Jannalee Rosner  | May. 27, 2016 Makes You Think Kolob. We sing about it in one of our favorite hymns. We’ve named canyons and mountains and wards and stakes after it. But do we really know what Kolob is and what it’s like? Generally defined as “the place nearest where God dwells,” most of what we know about this briefly-mentioned governing star comes from a heavenly astronomy lesson found in the book of Abraham. And while it’s not a part of core Church doctrine, learning about Kolob is a wonderful way to begin to understand each of our places in the universe and comprehend the significance of the Creation. Here are just a few interesting things we know for sure about Kolob: 1. Kolob is the star that governs all the others. We first learn about Kolob in  Abra...