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I really am inspired each day by Latter Day Light Daily Devotional.  I'm sharing some things they printed today, and thoughts below, also from them, which go along with this week's study from "Come Follow Me".  I hope you enjoy it! Latter Day Light DAILY DEVOTIONAL June 20, 2019 Jesus Christ SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Doctrine and Covenant 76:40-43 " And this is the gospel, the glad tidings, which the voice out of the heavens bore record unto us---That he came into the world, even Jesus, to be crucified for the world, and to bear the sins of the world, and to sanctify the world, and to cleanse it from all unrighteousness; that through him all might be saved whom the Father had put into his power and made by him; who glorifies the Father, and saves all the works of his hands . . . " www.Latterdaylight.com Please share Latterdaylight with your family and friends Thank you!...

I always like to read articles by Brent L. Top.    He  is a Professor of Church History and Doctrine and is currently serving as the Dean of Religious Education at BYU.    Life After Death: 6 Insights into the Spirit World by Brent L. Top  | Nov. 03, 2018 Makes You Think Mormon Life In 1990, I attended the annual conference of the International Association of Near-Death Studies, held that year in Washington, DC with Robert Millet. We didn’t quite know what to expect. Was the conference going to be comprised of  “UFO chasers,” people with aluminum foil hats, and the like?  But it wasn’t like that at all. There were scientists, medical doctors, scholars from many academic disciplines, theologians and clerics from diverse faiths, and many good women and men who had experienced some sort of encounter with the spirit world and sought to make sense of it all. As impressive as this gathering was, what h...

This afternoon and evening we have a Family Reunion of my husband Wayne's siblings:  the children of Roy Waldamer and Gladys Tregenna Dayton Eckman.  There are only 2 of their 9 children still with us here -- Ruby, and Joyce Marie.  This morning I have been getting enlarged photos of many of those ancestors ready to display, plus other precious family momentos.  This article in LDS Living goes right along with my thoughts about these dear departed family members.  I'll post just a few of the old photos I have enlarged. Parents of Gladys Tregenna Dayton Maternal grandparents of Roy Waldamer Eckman, came from Sweden Anna Gretha Vallinder, Roy's paternal grandmother, from Sweden Johan Emanuel Ekman, Roy's paternal grandfather, from Sweden Gladys Dayton Eckman Roy Waldamer Eckman Johan Emanuel Eckman, Roy's father -- young. All these dear people above are in the Spirit World, described below: Where Is the Spirit...

The Questions President Nelson's Grandfather Asked a Visitor from the Spirit World + the Surprising Answers by Katie Lambert  | Jun. 19, 2017 Makes You Think Mormon Life Comments Thanks to  The Millennial Star   for making us aware of this story.  As Latter-day Saints, we are taught that we can have eternal life even after passing through death. Though there are a few things we know about life after death, there are still many things we don't know.  While at the 2017 RootsTech conference, President Russell M. Nelson answered a few questions surrounding what life after death is like with a story from his own family history.  ► You'll also like:  President Nelson Shares the Miraculous Night When Two Girls Visited Him from Beyond the Veil This "precious gift" President Nelson shared was one his grandfather Andrew Clarence Nelson, or A.C. Nelson, shared with his family through his jour...