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This is really a beautiful and thoughtful article.  It goes with Come Follow Me this week, and is very inspirational!  After reading the footnotes to Elder Anderson's talk, I went out and bought the book, "Divine Signatures". 3 reasons revelation might not come by Lindsey Williams  | Jul. 17, 2020 Makes You Think Editor's note: Our bi-weekly Friday column, “ Found in the footnotes ,” explores some of the footnotes from remarks given by General Authorities and General Officers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This is the year the prophet has encouraged us to “think deeply and often about this key question: How do  you  hear Him?” And maybe as you’ve pondered this question, you’ve found yourself asking, “Why am I not hearing Him?” The footnotes of Elder Neil L. Andersen’s talk “ Spiritually Defining Memories ” include some ideas as to why we may not be hearing the voice of the Lord. Here are three reasons ...

This writer has a really great web site:   https://www.facebook.com/TotallyReady It would help us all to read more of being prepared -- for future problems! Pandemic: What Have We Learned About Ourselves and God’s Purpose? By  Carolyn Nicolaysen  · July 21, 2020 Some may ask how could God let this pandemic happen? Why would he allow the burning of cities and the destruction of our history?I believe we should be asking, what are we meant to be learning? How can I make changes that will help me grow closer to the Savior and to my neighbors, family and friends, all of whom are our brothers and sisters? Have we been humble enough to learn from this pandemic? Has it changed us and made us more humble and teachable? Has it taught us to be more like the Savior? 1 Peter 5: 4-7And when the chief Shephard shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away…. Yea, all  of you  be subject one to another,...

Now is the perfect time to learn more about Family History!  Read this article, and then you also can go to the web site for several Family History Centers -- St. George Family History Center, Layton Family Search Center, Rexburg Family History Center -- to name 3 who are offering many online classes on all kinds of subjects!  Try them out -- and see what you can learn right in your own home! 3 Ways the Family History Library Is Bringing Resources to Your Home By  Church News  · July 13, 2020 The following is excerpted from the Church News. To read the full article,  CLICK HERE . FamilySearch is now offering sign-ups for free one-on-one online consultations with research specialists from the  Family History Library  in Salt Lake City. The consultations join existing live webinars and the online Help Center as another way the Family History Library is making its expertise and resources available, despite being close...

    This is an especially nice post, in LDS Living, with a few short videos.  When you have time to listen, they really are worth the time! How to find new meaning in Alma’s teachings on faith as a seed in this week’s ‘Come, Follow Me’ by Danielle Christensen  | Jul. 14, 2020 Lesson Helps In this week’s  Come, Follow Me , readers will likely be familiar with  Alma 32:26 : Now, as I said concerning faith—that it was not a perfect knowledge—even so it is with my words. Ye cannot know of their surety at first, unto perfection, any more than faith is a perfect knowledge. According to that definition, to have faith is to be comfortable with ambiguity—in other words, it is not to have a “perfect knowledge” of things. But that doesn’t mean that one has to give up on the hope of knowing gospel truths. Alma simply says one “cannot know of their surety  at first ”—not that one couldn’t know of their surety at some point i...