The True Remnant

 🎵 Listen First (recommended) Before you read, take a few minutes and listen to Abide With Me Sit quietly if you can… and let the words settle slowly. 👉 Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTANUYj0MpI 🕊️ Abide With Me What if we were never meant to walk alone? Have you ever felt… like you were walking through something… and no one really understood? Even with people around… there can still be a quiet kind of loneliness. And then this hymn comes along… and gently asks: “Abide with me.” 🌿 What Does It Mean to Abide? Is it just visiting? Checking in once in a while? Or is it something deeper? Staying. Remaining. Being there… no matter what. 🪶 When the Light Feels Low The hymn speaks of evening. Of shadows. Of things fading. What do we do in those moments? When strength feels low? When answers don’t come? Do we try harder? Or is there something quieter being offered? 🕊️ A Different Kind of Help What if the answer isn’t always fixing everything? What if sometimes… it’s s...

The Holy Ghost and the Mind of God 🌿 A Porch Thought I have been thinking a lot lately about the Holy Ghost. Not just what we call Him. Not just how we talk about Him. But what His actual purpose is. Most of us grow up hearing phrases like: "I felt the Spirit." "The Holy Ghost prompted me." "I received an answer." And those things are certainly real. But what if the Holy Ghost is doing something much deeper than simply helping us feel good? What if the Holy Ghost is actually the means by which the mind of God begins to influence the mind of man? That thought has stayed with me. And the more I study the scriptures, the more I see evidence of it. 📖 More Than a Feeling The scriptures rarely describe the Holy Ghost as merely an emotional experience. Instead, they describe revelation. Truth. Light. Knowledge. Understanding. Christ taught: "The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost... shall teach you all things." (John 14:26) Teach. Not merely comfort. ...

  The Records I Found After the Book of Mormon (Hidden Patterns in Scripture Series) 🧭   Opening Over the last several videos we’ve been talking about   chiasmus . Those mirror patterns that appear in ancient scripture. My own journey into those patterns really began with the   Book of Mormon . That book opened my eyes. It led to one of those moments where I sat back and thought: “Whoa… this can’t be coincidence.” But something interesting happened after that. Years later I came across another collection of writings called the   Nemenhah Records . And when I began studying those… things got even more interesting. 📜   Who Were the Nemenhah? The Nemenhah writings describe a people sometimes called   the People of Peace . Their traditions speak about living in harmony with the Creator, the land, and one another. The records contain teachings about: stewardship community life sacred ceremonies and the path toward Zion-like societies. But what caught my a...

  🌿 The Temple, the Nemenhah Records, and the Question That Changed Everything For most of my life, I thought the purpose of the temple was to learn the ordinances. Then I thought the purpose was to understand the symbols. Then I thought the purpose was to understand the history. Now, at 74 years old, after years of studying the scriptures, attending the temple, and reading the Nemenhah records, I find myself asking a much simpler question: What is the temple really for? The older I get, the more important that question becomes. 🌿 My Journey With the Temple Like many members of the Church, I entered the temple with very little preparation. I remember being overwhelmed. There were symbols. There were ceremonies. There were things I did not fully understand. Over the years I attended faithfully. I learned more. I studied more. I appreciated more. But eventually I realized something. The symbols themselves are not the destination. They point to the destination....

   Why Ancient Writers Used Chiasmus (Hidden Patterns in Scripture Series) 🧭   Opening Over the last few videos we’ve been looking at something called   chiasmus . A mirror pattern that appears in many ancient writings. We’ve seen examples in scripture. And we’ve talked about how you can begin noticing these patterns yourself. But that raises an interesting question. Why would ancient writers arrange their teachings this way in the first place? 📜   A Memory Tool One reason is very practical. Many ancient cultures relied heavily on   oral teaching . Stories and teachings were often memorized and passed down from generation to generation. Mirror structures like chiasmus made those teachings easier to remember. If you knew the first half, you could follow the pattern back through the second half. 🌿   A Way to Emphasize the Message Another reason is emphasis. Ancient writers often placed the   most important idea in the center   of the pattern...

  🌿 What If Zion Looked More Like This? This week, something happened at the World Cup that caught my attention. After Japan's thrilling 2-2 match against the Netherlands, thousands of fans began leaving the stadium. Or perhaps I should say they didn't leave. Instead, they stayed. While many fans around the world would have been celebrating, taking pictures, or rushing to their cars, Japanese supporters quietly pulled out blue bags and began picking up trash. They cleaned the stadium. Not because anyone asked them to. Not because there was a reward. Not because cameras were watching. They simply believed it was the right thing to do. One fan explained it this way: "We have to think about everyone." Another said: "This is our culture." As I watched the videos, I found myself thinking about Zion. Not the Zion we talk about. The Zion we live. Sometimes we imagine Zion will arrive through great movements, powerful leaders, large organizations, or dramatic event...

 How Anyone Can Spot Chiasmus in Scripture (Hidden Patterns in Scripture Series) 🧭   Opening In the last few videos we’ve been talking about something called   chiasmus . A mirror pattern that ancient writers often used when recording sacred teachings. Once you learn to see it, you begin noticing it in many places in scripture. But the question people often ask is: How do you actually   spot it ? Today I want to show you a simple way anyone can start noticing these patterns. 📜   Step 1 — Watch for Repeated Ideas The first clue is   repetition . When an author repeats the same ideas later in reverse order, that can signal a chiasm. For example you might see something like: faith repentance mercy repentance faith The ideas mirror each other. 🌿   Step 2 — Look for the Turning Point Most chiasms have a   center point . This is often the most important message. The entire passage builds toward that moment. Then the ideas mirror outward again. So whe...