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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...

Happy Father's Day to all you wonderful fathers! Remembering some dear fathers! One of the last pictures my dear husband Wayne had taken showing him doing his indexing!  He was faithful to the end of his life! This picture was taken about 4 years ago, of my dear husband Wayne, and a          great granddaughter, Ruby.  I noticed early that Wayne loved children!                   Wayne's dear parents, Gladys and Roy Waldamer Eckman.                       My own dear father, Orson Pratt Miles.   Our beloved prophet, David O. Mckay, loved to be with his children and                                                    grandchildren. This article tells about the fathers of our prophets.  All...

I love to receive these thoughts daily.  I am trying to find the way you can bring them to your own e mail, and it isn't as easy as I thought.  Tonight we had our daughter Anita, her husband Reed, and 3 of her sons, with 2 of their wives, for dinner, and playing games after.  It was so fun!  I'm so thankful for my posterity, and they bring joy to my heart! Anita's sons, left to right:  Sam, Ben, Jake, and David.  This picture was taken in the Salt Lake City airport, as Jake returned home from his mission in Indonesia last August! David had to work tonight, but the others were here! June 16, 2017 Christlike Character SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY Alma 7:23-24 "And now I would that ye should be humble, and be submissive and gentle; easy to be entreated; full of patience and long-suffering; being temperate in all things; being diligent in keeping the commandments of God at all times; asking for whatsoever things ye stand in need, both s...

This is a lovely story about a dream, which has a deep spiritual meaning, from LDS Living. A Hawaiian Man Shares His Dream of Heaven That Might Change the Way You Pray by Cameron C. Taylor, excerpted from "The Way of Aloha: Lanai"  | Jun. 10, 2017 Makes You Think Mormon Life Comments The following is an excerpt from the book  The Way of Aloha: Lanai  by Cameron C. Taylor. Manu is a Hawaiian Kahuna teaching two missionaries, Elder Taylor and Elder Balane, who are serving on the Hawaii island of Lanai. Keahiakawelo, also known as Garden of the Gods, is a rock garden located in the mountains of Lanai. Manu gestured to the scene before us. “Welcome to Keahiakawelo, the Garden of the Gods,” he said. This landscape was different from anything I’d ever seen. It was as if we’d traveled to a different planet. The garden’s beauty went beyond merely its external appeal. The Garden of the Gods had a distinctive spirit of peace...