There is a verse in the Book of Mormon that really stood out to me the last time that I read it.  The prophet Jacob has just been talking to his people about how the Jews will reject Jesus Christ, their only real hope and safe foundation.  He then asks a rhetorical question, not expecting...
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About Shelly

I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I’m passionate about strengthening my relationship with Jesus Christ through personal growth, family history, teaching my children, and harnessing the power of early mornings …and documenting my experiences along the way. Welcome to my little corner of the world. 

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The Temple: Staying Close to the Lord

A few days ago I was asked by a member of my Relief Society presidency to prepare to share a few thoughts during our upcoming Relief Society lesson. ...
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Faith: The Death of January to the Life of June

I’ve been taught my whole life that faith is the first principle of the gospel.  It sounds simple, right?  It’s the most basic building block so it’s easily...
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Pioneer Unit 2021

This month we have been studying the 1800s so we decided to do our pioneer unit in March instead of July.  I am very pregnant right now so...
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Personal Revelation: The Same Voice

When I was writing that post about prayer journaling, of course it made me think about personal revelation and how to learn to hear and recognize the voice...
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Come Unto Christ Toolkit

I was reading through old journal entries and ran across this one from March 2019 when I wrote about the lesson that I had taught in Relief Society. ...
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Prayer Journaling

About a year and a half ago, I wrote a post about prayer journaling.  I thought I would do another post to give some updates and talk about...
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A Funeral for LaRhea the Chicken

We experienced our first animal death on our farm last Sunday. One of our chickens, LaRhea, died sometime in the night. Jershon found her dead in the coop...
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Farm Chores

As you would expect, farm life involves a lot of work.  And even though our farm is pretty small and we only have a few animals so far,...
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Farm Animals: Chickens

We added chickens to the farm a couple weeks ago!  A few days before, Jershon was browsing the farm section of Craigslist and found a listing for some...
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