Upon your children

Behold, my beloved brethren, I speak unto you these things that ye may rejoice, and lift up your heads forever, because of the blessings which the Lord God shall bestow upon your children.
2 Nephi 9:3

My head is sunk upon my breast;

my cares deny me of my rest.

The world is closing in, it seems,

and optimism is but dreams.

But then I see a child at play,

and suddenly my weary day

regains its savor as I recall

the Lord has great regard for all --

and though my load is hard to lift,

my children are an active gift!

Verses from stories by Nicholas Fandos, Kayla Epstein, Kim Bellware, and Jada Yuan.

Nicholas Fandos. NYT

MCCONNELL/PELOSI FEUD DEEPENS

@npfandos

Like cats and dogs, these two contend

and so much energy expend

that Congress functions even less

and finds time only to digress.

If we can't send them to their rooms,

we ought to swat them with some brooms.

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LATEST TEXT MESSAGE HOAX: "YOU'VE
BEEN DRAFTED -- REPORT IMMEDIATELY!"
@bellwak  @KaylaEpstein

Although I'm over sixty-five I'm drafted, so it seems;
and soon I will be fighting 'gainst those Arabic regimes.
There's just one thing I'd like to know before I march away --
should I bring my wheelchair for the imminent D-Day?

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DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE'S SPOUSES
GET USED TO THE SPOTLIGHT.
@jadabird

I never ran for president;
I guess I never will.
My wife left me so long ago,
but I still feel the chill.
You cannot be the president
without you have a spouse;
there is no room for bachelors
up there at the White House.
So I just sit and watch the news,
and do not give a hoot.
Unlike my ex, when things get loud
I now can hit the mute . . . 

A countenance like lightning

“Not only was his robe exceedingly white, but his whole person was glorious beyond description, and his countenance truly like lightning. The room was exceedingly light, but not so very bright as immediately around his person. When I first looked upon him, I was afraid; but the fear soon left me."
Joseph Smith. His Testimony. 

When an angel visits you

it must be a daunting view.

But those chosen for such things

lose their fear as their heart sings.

Do God's angels visit men?

We say 'yes they do, amen!'

And Joseph Smith saw them so clear

we know his story is sincere!

Fools make a mock at sin

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Proverbs 14:9

Fools may mock at sin and jeer

that clever men have naught to fear,

but sin will have its way with men

until for peace they truly yen.

And if it be they will repent

a benison to them is sent;

forgiveness comes to even fools

who learn at last that Jesus rules.

Photo Essay: Postcards to my President

Surely, this is more than a man

Surely, this is more than a man.
Alma 18:2

The Lord can take a humble soul,

a weak and lowly worm,

and turn them into lions strong,

to make the whole world squirm.

And when he does, you can be sure,

the hammer never boasts

 that it is anything but clay

used by the Lord of Hosts!