Jennie Taylor: God, Family and Country

All In

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

It was his love for God and country, that originally made Jennie Taylor fall in love with her husband, Brent. It was also that love and loyalty that took him from her as Maj. Brent Taylor was killed in Afghanistan in 2018. On this episode, Jennie shares the faith that has helped her through the loss of her husband and has given her hope that she will see him again.

“My husband and thousands of others have died so that I have the opportunity to live. What I do every single day of my life decides whether or not his life was given in vain. What I do every single day of my life decides whether or not it's worth it that we keep sending soldiers into harm's way to defend freedom and liberty and justice for all around the world.”

Show Notes

1:42- November 3, 2018
16:02- Meeting Brent
21:10- Three Great Loyalties
31:04- All Enlisted
44:07- Spiritual Preparation
51:16- Honoring the Sacrifjce of Heroes
57:40- What Does It Mean To Be “All In” the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

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0:00.0	In his high school graduation speech, a student body president of Chandler High School in 1997,
0:07.0	Brent Taylor went ahead and invited his fellow classmates to a classroom union that would be held in the White House in the year 2020
0:16.0	on one condition that they would go ahead and promise him their vote.
0:21.0	The funny thing is, people who knew Brent Best believed it was really possible
0:25.0	and they were sure to save the Christmas cards his family sent in subsequent years,
0:30.0	just in case it would someday serve as a claim to fame.
0:34.0	But the Lord had other plans for Brent Taylor.
0:37.0	He would go on to enlist in the United States Army, serve multiple tours overseas,
0:43.0	and would eventually become the mayor of North Ogden, Utah.
0:47.0	Most importantly, he would become a husband and a father to seven children.
0:52.0	But on November 3rd, 2018, Brent Taylor was killed while deployed in Afghanistan.
0:59.0	Taylor is not the president of the United States in the year 2020,
1:04.0	but he did become an American hero.
1:07.0	Jenny Taylor is a gold star widow from North Ogden, Utah.
1:12.0	She is the mother of seven children and earlier this year,
1:16.0	she was sworn in as the civilian aid to the secretary of the Army for the state of Utah.
1:23.0	This is All-In, an LDS living podcast where we ask the question,
1:27.0	what does it really mean to be All-In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
1:32.0	I'm Morgan Jones and I am honored to have Jenny Taylor on the line with me today.
1:37.0	Jenny, welcome.
1:39.0	Thanks, Morgan. I'm really excited to be with you today.
1:42.0	Well, you have a story that is very different from any other story that we've ever had told on this podcast.
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