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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 f...

Today has really been a lovely day!  It has been different, because here in St. George, Utah, we don't get snow even once a year, and then only about one inch.  In the last two days, we have had about six inches of snow.   We don't even have snow plows, as they are usually not needed.  Today Church was cancelled --   During the morning we had a grandson and his wife, and three children,    (our great grand children)  under five who were on their way to California.  They had to wait three hours for the mountain pass south of here to open up.  It had snowed a lot, and large trucks had slid off the roads, etc. We really enjoyed the time with them, and it made me think back on my life, and how I have known only one grandma, and she died when I was twelve.  After they left, we enjoyed the Christmas Devotional, and then the movie "Silent Night", both of which brought our thoughts deeply back to our Savior Jesus Christ and the true reason ...