By Jessica Carney “Leave your home and fulltime travel,” was the distinct message the Lord sent to my husband and I. It was the peak of COVID and all countries had closed their borders. What would we do now? But the message was clear, so …
By Bethany Tolley I remember getting on my knees as a teenager. I’d just finished reading the Book of Mormon. So, I was doing what Moroni 10:3-5 said, I was asking of God if the book was true. After praying and asking, I knelt there …
By Rachelle Allan @rachellechronicles At the beginning of the pandemic, I started experiencing what I came to realize as my first ever anxiety attacks. I couldn’t breathe. A weight sat on my chest, threatening to crush my heart and lungs. I tried to push it …
By Heather Sheffer @pressingforward.holdingfast “I’m done. I can’t do this anymore.” These were my thoughts as I watched my youngest sister bury her husband. Their oldest children, twins, were 7. A boy, the spitting image of his dad was next at 4 years old. The …
By Natalie Shelley So Much Pain No one understands, The hurt is so deep This wasn’t the plan. Sorrow and grief Enter my soul, I find myself wondering Will I ever be whole? In the night, when I wake My heart is …
By Danica Contor @danica.contor https://msha.ke/naptimedevotionals/ Why? Easily the most asked question by every child between the ages of 2 and 6. “Why is the sky blue?” “Why does the Easter bunny hide eggs when bunnies don’t even lay eggs?” “Why can’t I ride my bike …
By Ellie Ash @negativenellie4 confessionsofanegativenellie.com As a lifelong perfectionist, I often overanalyze how my actions, or lack thereof, have disqualified me from the love of my Savior. I mean, who could love someone who blew up at another for not rinsing the dishes properly? …
By Kristen Walker Smith I can still remember the moment I pulled my minivan into the left turn lane to get into the Target parking lot. A huge semi-truck approached from the opposite direction and a thought flashed into my mind: “I wish so much …
Poem and artwork by Bethany Tolley Dearest Lord if it be in Thy plan Let me trail after Thy certain steps, Let me find in my heart surety Knowledge pure evermore my chest. Let me walk joyfully in Thy wake Nevermore from Thy …