A river pilot, a sudden storm, and a quiet prayer offered miles away. This story reminds us that even the most experienced among us need help beyond our own strength and that God is present in life’s most uncertain moments, guiding us through what we cannot see.
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The Aftermath of Rivalry
A rivalry can be hyped up and intense. It usually implies a contest of some sort, which suggests someone will win and someone will lose. In sports, many rivalries are revisited each season with the winners and losers exchanging places throughout the years of the matchup. Even so, we realize there are more important things…
What’s a Rameumptom, Daddy?
Given my last post, I found this insightful. Really makes you think. Are we like the Zoramites? Have we unconsciously built any Rameumptoms? What’s a Rameumptom, Daddy? – Boyd Petersen — Read on http://www.google.com/amp/s/boydpetersen.com/2016/07/24/whats-a-rameumptom-daddy/amp/
Razing the Rameumptom
A few weeks ago, as we discussed as a family the account of Alma’s mission to the Zoramites, I was struck by how far they had really separated from the Nephites—not only physically but also spiritually. We don’t really know much about when or why they separated from the Nephites (the first mention of them…
Give the Lord Equal Time
The voices competing for our attention can be persuasive, intelligent, and sincere. Jacob’s encounter with Sherem suggests that discernment begins somewhere deeper: becoming familiar with the Lord’s voice. His simple explanation for why he could not be shaken offers a powerful pattern for navigating our own noisy world today.
The Sunday School Answers
The gospel’s simplest answers are often the easiest to overlook. But Jacob teaches that scripture study, revelation, and testimony are the very things that create unshaken faith. Maybe the “Sunday School answers” aren’t shallow at all. Maybe they are the foundation powerful enough to move mountains.