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These quotes can apply to people in every country in the world! It is our sacred duty to vote, and help sustain good leaders who will uphold our divinely inspired Constitution! 10 Quotes from Church  Leaders That Will Inspire  You to Vote —Even in This Election by Kaitlyn Rowbotham  | Nov. 04, 2016 Makes You Think Mormon Life Members of the Church all over the world are invited to be active participants in their community by voting in elections and being civically engaged. The 12th article of faith says, "We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law." As we approach Election Day, here are 12 quotes from general authorities about voting.  Joseph Smith "It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and unpopular that which is unsound. ‘Tis right, politically, for a man who has influence to use it...

Here are some good thoughts to lift your day! End of the World SCRIPTURE OF THE  DAY  Luke 11:1-2 "And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.  And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. " QUOTE OF THE DAY Joseph Fielding Smith "When Christ comes there will be an end to the world. . . . There will not be any war, any turmoil, envying, lying; there will be no wickedness. Men will learn then to love the Lord and keep His commandments, and if they don't they will not stay here. That's the end of the world, and that is what the Savior prayed for when His disciples came to Him and said, 'Teach us to pray.' . . . That's what I'm praying for. The Lord was prayi...

This is a delightful article which would be good for newlyweds to read.  Also those of us who have been married much longer.  The principles apply no matter  how long you have been married.  Mariah Proctor is the daughter of the editors of Meridian Magazine. Eight Lessons I Learned From the Hardest Year of Marriage By Mariah Proctor  · October 27, 2016 To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE Images above via Amber Weimer and Katie Ruth Scoresby respectively.  Firstly, if this first year of marriage is truly the hardest, then sign me up for sixty more! I’ve genuinely enjoyed my time being married to this man I chose, but I can see how it’s an adjustment to join your life with another person. I’ve learned some lessons that might be helpful to those counting down until their big day, or amusing to those whose first year was long ago. Lesson one: how to skin a moose. No, I’m just kidding. That...

I decided to post a family letter I just sent to my posterity.  Here it is: Well, tomorrow will be Halloween, and it the tradition of Grandpa Wayne, you probably will dress up. One picture I'm sending is him in a Mother Goose Costume, and 2 others in costumes, one with Pam and Jeremy as children. He dressed up every year when he was a teacher.   He loved to have fun! This one was taken in Sandy, before we moved to St. George. Delsy, our daughter who is extremely creative, made this Mother Goose costume.  She has many costumes, as one time she actually had a costume shop and rented costumes. Another time Wayne dressed up.   On Friday and Saturday I went to the Family Roots Expo here in St. George.  It was so interesting!  They had really good key note speakers both days.  Yesterday one of them was Alex Boye' , the black singer, and they had arranged for him to open his DNA results right there on stage!  He had sent it in ...

Fox Host Rants About "Mormon Mafia," Mormons Own It Like Nobody's Business with Hilarious New Hashtag by Danielle B. Wagner  | Oct. 27, 2016 Humor Fun Mormon Life Myths about a Mormon mafia in the FBI  have circulated for some time, mostly based on the fact that Mormons make great recruits and have a higher representation in intelligence agencies. But Lou Dobbs, host of Fox Business Network's  Lou Dobbs Tonight,  just spread the term "Mormon mafia" to politics, something Mormons on social media have come to own like nobody's business. ►  You'll also like:  From Mafia to Mormon: One Man's Amazing Conversion Story Dobbs recently sent out an angry Tweet that Mormons have ironically turned into Twitter's best new hashtag—at least according to the  Huffington Post . A Trump supporter, Dobbs Twitter rant was directed at Evan McMullin, who could take away Utah's electoral votes from Trump. ...