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Peaceful and inspiring thoughts for this day of election! Seeing Political Chaos through the Lens of God’s Unfailing Love By Darla Isackson  · November 7, 2016 To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE In the past I would not have considered the scriptural injunction in John 14:27 to  “let not your heart be troubled; neither let it be afraid,”  hard doctrine, but lately I find it hard. With unprecedented political chaos, confusion, and division, I find myself troubled, even afraid. Writing this article has comforted me and brought me back to the peace the Savior promised earlier in that same verse—the peace He gives, “not as the world giveth.” I hope the scriptural reminders I’ve included will do the same for you. When Jesus walked the earth, He found few that could abide his doctrine long-term. In the 6 th chapter of John, Jesus speaks of himself as the bread of life. He spoke symbolically and most were offended....

We had a wonderful Stake Conference today!  I'll write up my notes, and post them tomorrow.  These thoughts below are great for Sunday! Latter Day Light DAILY DEVOTIONAL January 7, 2016 Hold On SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Helaman  5:12 "And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall. " QUOTE OF THE DAY Spencer W. Kimball " We see about us constant change. Even the pace of life itself has speeded up. Sometimes it seems that the ...