Category Archives: Scriptures

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  Fear, Floods, and Faith

  Posted on February 4, 2019 by Lani Axman in Grace, Mental Health, Purification, Scriptures, Stories, Tender Mercies.

  Today I was invited to prepare to speak to our church congregation this coming Sunday. When I heard the topic assigned to me, I laughed out loud. God has a sense of humor, friends. My assigned topic? ….Trusting God. Ha ha ha ha ha! I’m not gonna lie. Last Friday was really rough. Between recovering from […]

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  Let Down Your Nets

  Posted on January 24, 2019 by Lani Axman in Choices, Grace, Jesus Christ, Mental Health, Prayer, Scriptures, Tender Mercies.

  On the last Sunday of 2018, I spent my final 3rd hour of church helping out in Primary. During the lesson, a sister in my ward was teaching the children the hymn, “Come, Follow Me.” In the process, she told them this story found in Luke, chapter 5: 4 Now when he had left speaking, […]

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  My Story Isn’t Over Yet

  Posted on December 28, 2018 by Lani Axman in Books, Mental Health, Scriptures, Stories, Suicide.

  Last October, as I listened to the spiritual messages shared during my church’s semi-annual worldwide conference, one theme repeatedly pressed itself upon my heart and mind: God keeps His promises. It felt as though God was speaking directly to my heart, saying, “I haven’t forgotten the promises I made to you. Don’t you dare give up on […]

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  Hold to the Rod

  Posted on August 27, 2017 by Lani Axman in Choices, Church, Mental Health, Scriptures.

  Why should my heart weep and my soul linger in the valley of sorrow, and my flesh waste away, and my strength slacken, because of mine afflictions? -Nephi I walked in late to our Relief Society class today. I had been in the nursery with my toddler, but I managed to make it in for […]

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  Why I Love Trump (and Hillary)

  Posted on November 8, 2016 by Lani Axman in Charity, Forgiveness, Grace, Jesus Christ, Love, Meditation, Prayer, Scriptures, Thoughts.

  What I have felt toward our leading presidential nominees for the past year can be summed up by one of many similar viral memes… For most of the year I actually ignored all things political because I just didn’t need the negativity in my life. But as my news feeds filled with more and more […]

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  Under His Wings

  Posted on December 25, 2015 by Lani Axman in Jesus Christ, Meditation, Scriptures, Tender Mercies, White, Wings.

  In July a friend of mine shared a link on my fb profile that she thought I’d be interested in. I’ve been a little bit obsessed with wings for the past year. This post I wrote in March explains why. So my friend shared a youtube video with some Christian guys discussing wing symbolism in […]

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  Seeing the Future

  Posted on July 30, 2015 by Lani Axman in Grace, Mental Health, Scriptures, Stories, Suicide, Tender Mercies.

  And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy. . . . And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. -Joel 2:28-29 Almost exactly one year ago, a guy […]

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  The Greatest and Sweetest Commandment

  Posted on June 29, 2015 by Lani Axman in Charity, Grace, Jesus Christ, Love, Mental Health, Purification, Scriptures.

  And it came to pass that I beheld a tree, whose fruit was desirable to make one happy. -1 Nephi 8:10 Yesterday I was reminded of something that has been on my figurative blogpost to-do list since last fall. The Sunday school lesson at my parents’ church yesterday was focused on Jesus’ commandment to his […]

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  Parting the Red Sea

  Posted on May 29, 2015 by Lani Axman in Grace, Kundalini Yoga, Mental Health, Neutral Mind, Scriptures, Stories, Tender Mercies.

  Last fall I heard a story I haven’t been able to forget. I don’t remember who was speaking when it was shared, but Google seems to indicate that it’s a common Chinese folktale. In fact, I ran into the exact same story as I was reading The Godseed by M. Catherine Thomas a few months […]

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  When Less Isn’t More

  Posted on March 23, 2015 by Lani Axman in Heroes, Kundalini Yoga, Meditation, Mental Health, Purification, Scriptures, Temple, Tender Mercies.

  As a teenager living in Massachusetts I reached a point in my spiritual progress where I felt stagnant. I enjoyed going to church each week and attending youth activities, I had learned to love the scriptures, I prayed and had a strong relationship with God, but I felt ravenous. I was no longer content just […]

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