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I subscribe to the blog post of Brad McBride, which is called "Thus We See".  I totally agree with his post, and want to give him total credit for this very timely blog post.  Please give him credit yourselves for this! Straining at Political Gnats, Swallowing Doctrinal Camels   by  Brad McBride   |  Posted on  Oct 21, 2020 Note: I’m sure I will lose some readers over this. I kinda understand. I’ve been at this for over a decade, and would hope that you know me by now. Here we are: Election time. What a mess. I have been a political junkie my entire life. At one point, I even thought seeking political office might be in my future – which lead me to degree in Political Science in college. Thank heavens I didn’t choose that path! It has become such a toxic wasteland that I’m glad I did not subject myself or my family to that corrupt world. Now we find ourselves at the brink of what many, myself included, feel is the most important presidential election o...

 I subscribe (free) to Book of Mormon Central, which has daily inspiring thoughts, and helps in following "Come Follow Me".  Today I want to share with you their message for today, October 12th, Columbus Day.  I know I have done a blog on Columbus, you can access under "Labels".  First I want to show a picture I took yesterday after Church.  I saw this beautiful Sunflower growing between two pieces of cement on an overpass leading to the freeway!  I think it shows resiliency, tenacity, and an ability to blossom even under difficult circumstances.  We need to be like this!  I'll be gone a week, but will do a blog next week about Chapter 3, in Matthew chapters 5 to 7. Book of Mormon Central   via  aweber.com  6:04 AM (7 hours ago) to  me "Come, Follow Me" Reading Plan: Monday, 10/12 Paralee,    Structure your personal scripture study by following a multimedia, day by day plan. Each day's assignment includes the required...

 Chapter 2, in New Testament Manual I really want to continue what I started last week, after our Prophet Russell M. Nelson counseled us to have a new normal, in which we turn to our Savior Jesus Christ, and always remember Him in our thoughts and actions. Today is Chapter 2, in the New Testament Manual, which I am studying.  We also are studying the Book of Mormon in “Come Follow Me.” Last week, I suggested that we could read Matthew, chapters 1 through 4.  This week I will write about those chapters, and what we can learn from them. Early Christian writers have all agreed that the book of Matthew in the New Testament was surely written by Matthew, the apostle of Jesus.  He may have used Mark’s Gospel, and Mark relied on Peter’s accounts of the Savior’s life.  It was written around 70 to 90 A.D.  Which means that it was about 35 to 45 years after Jesus died.  Matthew wrote a lot to the Jews, and many times he referred to previous prophecies of the com...

I believe we all need to remember this important counsel!   Want Stress Relief? Change Your Questions By  Darla Isackson  · October 8, 2020 Editor’s Note: Beloved Meridian author Darla Isackson recently passed away. We will continue to share her wonderful insights here periodically. I want to tell you a poignant story I heard first-person from a father I admire and respect. Years ago he gave me permission to share it, but I’ll protect his privacy at this point by changing the father’s name in the story to Brother White and his son’s to Jared. God Does Not Give Us Power to Control Our Children, but to Control Ourselves Previous to the prayer scene I share below, Brother White had spent several miserable years trying to control his rebellious drug-addicted son’s behavior–and had utterly failed. He said All pride was gone; all self-assurance and power were gone. I was broken, beaten and I could not carry on another step. My son was being destroyed and it seemed that God woul...