Study Snippets

Ready for quick, simple and powerful spiritual thoughts from this week’s Come Follow Me reading? Check out my Study Snippets here, starting from most recently published. If you are looking for ideas for quick spiritual thoughts, or easy lesson starters, this is your place! This list is automatically updated as new Snippets are added, so check back for new thoughts each day!

3 Nephi 20-26

Delighting in mercy

Extending mercy to other people has always been something I struggle with. I need mercy A LOT. I know when I’m tired and overwhelmed and

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1 Nephi 6-10

Wandering on darkness 

I feel like we always forget this part of Lehi’s dream: Lehi started by traveling through darkness for several hours.⁠ Several hours of darkness. Can

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August 2022

 Enduring forever

Do you know how many “no name” papers I had students turn in as a teacher? Too too many to count. Sixth graders forget to

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Genesis 37-41

False accusations and mercy

When I taught middle school, I caught a student blatantly cheating during a vocabulary quiz one time. It was pretty classic, as he had all

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D&C 137-138

Works and desires

Why are we so hard on ourselves when we don’t read the scriptures or pray every day? Here’s a thought that’s been on my mind:

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D&C 98-101

Whose fault?

There once was a woman who got a phone call from an emergency responder. “Your son has been severely injured in a car accident. We’ve

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3 Nephi 20-26

Kindness and mercy

“Be free with your mercy.” – Sharon Eubank. “If you would have God have mercy on you, have mercy on one another.” – Joseph Smith,

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Jacob 5-7

How merciful is our God

I’ve teared up 2 different times over the past few days while scrolling through social media. (And I am NOT a “crier” at all, so

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