There are a lot of voices in today’s world. I would hazard a guess and say more than ever before in the history of the earth. We can stay on social media and news sites all day and night, continually bombarded with more and more information in a way that none of our ancestors could. The noise comes from all across the globe, sometimes peaceful and beautiful, all too often angry and divisive. Yes, there are voices that seek our wellbeing, but many more do harm.

A popular scripture passage in LDS-world is from 1 Kings. Elijah is having a really hard time of it – so hard in fact that he asks the Lord to take his life from him. This remarkable prophet thinks he is no better than his wicked ancestors. He wants to die. (1 Kings 19:4)

I can relate.

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