{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 31 - Doctrine and Covenants 85-87, "Stand Ye in Holy Places"","description":"This episode is about journals, how the spirit feels and how it testifies to us, and about standing in holy places.   From the manual: Christmas Day is usually a time to ponder messages like \u201cpeace on earth\u201d and \u201cgood will toward men\u201d (see Luke 2:14). But on December 25, 1832, Joseph Smith\u2019s mind was occupied with the threat of war. South Carolina had just defied the United States government and was preparing for battle. And the Lord revealed to Joseph that this was only the beginning: \u201cWar,\u201d He declared, \u201cwill be poured out upon all nations\u201d (Doctrine and Covenants 87:2). It seemed like this prophecy would be fulfilled very soon. But then it wasn\u2019t. Within just a few weeks, South Carolina and the U.S. government reached a compromise, and war was averted. But revelation is not always fulfilled at the time or in the way we expect. Nearly 30 years later, long after Joseph S mith was martyred and the Saints had moved west, South Carolina did rebel and civil war followed. Since then, war throughout the world has caused \u201cthe earth [to] mourn\u201d (Doctrine and Covenants 87:6). While the prophecy was ultimately fulfilled, the value of this revelation is less in predicting when calamity will come and more in teaching what to do when it does. The counsel is the same in 1831, 1861, and 2021: \u201cStand ye in holy places, and be not moved\u201d (verse 8).   Some of the apps I talked about were: Chatbooks for printing your Instagram accounts Happy Feed daily gratitude posts Day One Journaling App StoryWorth website sends email prompts that you fill out and return and they make it into a book. ","author_name":"Come Follow Me for Us podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/melaniewstroud.com","html":"