You're not going to be here. We have many sicknesses today in our tumultuous world, but Paul aptly labels one of the most pervasive and contagious, we'll call it, the shaken in mind syndrome.

Being shaken in mind is as deadly as it sounds like something that would make you really sick.

It is where stillness and stability and a sure foundation have fled your mind and heart.

Hello, we're Scott and Maureen Proctor, and this is Meridian Magazine's Come Follow Me podcast

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Be not soon shaken in mind or be troubled.

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It's a tender story for us. Three years ago, our oldest daughter, Melissa,

died unexpectedly, and as you can imagine,

we were devastated.

I can still feel the tears inside of me which rise easily

to the surface about this loss.

I remembered that when a friend lost a son, she told me that the Holy Ghost was around

her like a blanket of comfort and warmth, and I had hoped to feel that at such a devastating time.

But the comfort from the Lord just didn't come in that way for me.

I had to learn to open my eyes to see the Lord's extended arm to soothe me. Then one night, we were

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