The True Remnant

  🪶   Surrender Is the Doorway Kids, If learning to hear Jesus for yourself is the foundation… Then surrender is the doorway. I used to think progress with God meant striving harder. Trying harder. Fixing more. Defending more. Understanding more. But the older I’ve gotten, the more I’ve realized something surprising. The biggest movements of God in my life didn’t come when I pushed. They came when I let go. There’s a difference between effort and surrender. Effort says: “I will figure this out.” Surrender says: “I trust You to lead.” Effort tightens. Surrender softens. And strangely, it is the softening that brings strength. There was a season in my life when the Lord showed me my own faults very clearly. Not to shame me. Not to crush me. But to invite me. I saw things in myself I hadn’t wanted to see. And instead of defending myself… I released them. I didn’t wrestle to win. I aligned. I let Him take what I had been carrying. And what followed was not punishment. It was...

  🪶   Medicine Wheel 15 — Proving Worth or Revealing Identity? This may be one of the biggest shifts to consider. Are we here to prove something? Or to remember something? That single question can change the entire emotional tone of how we see our relationship with God. 🪶   A Simple Reminder The Medicine Wheel has been guiding us step by step. Learning to listen. Learning to trust. Learning to align. This question rises naturally as we walk that path. 🌿   The Traditional Frame Many of us were taught something like this: You came to earth to be tested. To see if you would obey. To prove worthy of exaltation. That framework brings: Seriousness. Focus. Urgency. But it can also quietly bring pressure. Because if life is a test… it can feel like you might fail. 🕊️   A Subtle Tension If worth must be proven… then it can feel uncertain. And when worth feels uncertain… love can begin to feel conditional. Even if no one says it out loud. That’s where spiritual anxiet...

  🕊️ The Way — Not a System, But a Voice Yesterday in Fast and Testimony meeting, a dear Sister stood and said something simple. One word. The Way. (Whoops that is two words!) And it stayed with me. Not because it was new… but because it’s been there all along. In the scriptures. In quiet moments. In the things we feel more than we can explain. And yet somehow… we still make it complicated. 📖 The Way Has Always Been There Jesus didn’t say He would show us the way. He said: “I am the way…” — John 14:6 In the early days, people weren’t even called Christians. They were called: followers of the Way. Not followers of a system. Not followers of structure. Followers of Him. 📘 The Book of Mormon Describes a Walk Nephi didn’t describe arrival. He described movement. A path. A direction. After baptism… after commitment… you don’t arrive. You continue. Step by step. Quietly. 🔥 When People Didn’t Want the Way In Sunday School, we talked about the children of Israel. They had a chance to h...

  🪶   Medicine Wheel 14 — Obedience and Listening This is where many sincere people get tangled. Because obedience sounds righteous. It sounds safe. It sounds faithful. It sounds like loyalty to God. And in many ways, obedience matters. But obedience and listening are not exactly the same thing. 🪶   A Simple Reminder The Medicine Wheel has been walking us step by step. Learning to listen. Learning to trust. Learning to align. This question rises naturally along that path. 🌿   The Obedience Pattern In most structured religion, the pattern is simple: God gives commandments. We obey them. We are blessed. That is clear. Orderly. Understandable. And for children, that pattern can be a good beginning. But spiritual life is meant to deepen. At some point, the soul has to grow beyond only following instructions… and begin learning how to hear. 🕊️   Listening Is More Than Rule-Keeping Listening asks: “Lord, what are You saying to me now?” Not instead of what He has a...

  🪶 LETTER ONE Learn to Hear Jesus for Yourself Kids, If I could leave you one thing — just one — this would be it: Learn to hear Jesus for yourself. Not through me. Not through a church. Not through a leader. Not through excitement. For yourself. I learned this later than I wish I had. For many years I thought closeness to God came from being in the right system, saying the right things, defending the right ideas. And there is good in many of those places. I won’t deny that. But the strongest moments of my life didn’t happen in a crowd. They happened when I was quiet. When I stopped trying to win arguments — even in my own head. When I stopped trying to prove something. When I stopped trying to fix everything. And I simply yielded. That’s when He became near. Not loud. Not dramatic. Near. Back in 1971, I had an experience I will never forget. It felt like light surrounded me. Love filled me. Peace settled deep. For years I thought the miracle was the light. But as I’ve grown olde...

  🪶   Medicine Wheel 13 — Worthiness: Interview or Inner Alignment? If you grew up LDS, you know this word. Worthiness. For many people, it can feel heavy. You prepare for interviews. You review commandments. You examine yourself. And somewhere deep inside, many sincere people quietly wonder: “Am I enough?” Let’s slow that down. 🪶   A Simple Reminder The Medicine Wheel has been walking us step by step. Learning to listen. Learning to trust. Learning to align. This question rises naturally along that path. 🌿   The Original Idea At its best, worthiness points to something beautiful: Preparedness. Clean hands. A willing heart. A life turned toward God. That’s healthy. That’s holy. But over time, something subtle can happen. Worthiness starts to feel measurable. Interviewable. Checklist-based. And once something feels measurable… it can also start to feel comparative. 🕊️   A Quiet Psychological Shift Here’s what can happen quietly in the heart: Instead of asking...

  70 🕊️ The Miracle Wasn’t the Light 🪶 It Was the Surrender There was a time in my life when I thought the goal was to see more. To pierce the veil. To feel something overwhelming. To experience something undeniable. Back in 1971, I had a moment I will never forget. It felt like light surrounded me. Love filled every part of me. Peace settled deep. Heaven didn’t feel far away. It felt near. I didn’t resist it. I didn’t manufacture it. I wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I was simply open. And for years, I believed that was the miracle. The light. The love. The closeness. But recently, something deeper settled in my heart. The miracle wasn’t the light. The miracle was what happened right before it. Surrender. Not dramatic surrender. Not public surrender. Just inward release. I wasn’t bargaining. I wasn’t proving. I wasn’t trying to earn heaven. I simply yielded. And when the yielding happened… fear left. Striving left. Control loosened. And what remained was light. 📖 Scripture Has...