Posts

Showing posts with the label quietness

1233. Overcoming the Obstacles to Family Revelation By Richard and Linda Eyre and Saydi Eyre Shumway, in Meridian Magazine

Image
This article, like others by Richard and Linda Eyre and their daughter, is quite long, and you may want to take a couple of days to really understand their wisdom and suggestions.  It is really an inspiration to read this! Overcoming the Obstacles to Family Revelation By  Richard and Linda Eyre  and  Saydi Eyre Shumway  · June 8, 2020 Editor’s Note:  New York Times #1 Bestselling Authors Richard and Linda Eyre join forces with their daughter Saydi (an “in the trenches” mother of four young children) to produce this series on the why-tos and the how-tos of receiving the Direct-Stewardship inspiration, guidance, and revelation we need to create strong and righteous families in this difficult world.  This is article 7 in a multi-part weekly series which will run here in Meridian every Tuesday. ( Click  here  to read article 1 ,  here  to read article 2 ,  here  to read article 3 ,  here ...

873. When You Are Still -- Not easy to do in today's busy world!

Image
It is much easier now for me to have quiet time (at age 82!) than it was when I was a mother with many small children around.  And yet, that was the time I most needed to be calm, and feel the Spirit.  I can't go back, but I can begin again (daily!) to have the quietness to -- "Be Still, and know that I am God".   When You Are Still By Anne Hinton Pratt  · June 18, 2017 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE A few days ago, my 4-year-old grandson, Helaman said something extraordinary!   He walked up to his mother while I was near and said, “ Mom, did you know that   when you’re still, you can feel stuff ?”  (This was a 4-year-old boy whose non-stop running is one of his defining characteristics). She was somewhat puzzled and asked, “You mean like the wind?”   He then said, “ No, like the stuff you feel in your body! ”   Later, I cornered him and asked, “Helaman, w...