Come Follow Me-June 29-July 5, 2026, 1 Kings 12-13, 17-22

Welcome my friends to another week at He is our Story.  I am particularly excited about this week’sepisode. I hope the stories we study today will bring as much strength to yourlife as they have to been over the past few days!    Think about the last time your whole family gathered around the dinner table. Picture the faces, the laughter, the shared memories. Now, imagine a line being drawn rightdown the middle of that table. On one side, are those who share your deepestcore beliefs, while on the other side, are those who you love fiercely, but whohave chosen to walk a completely different path. The complexities that accompany a shift like that can besome of the heaviest burdens a Latter-day Saint family can carry. It’s the acheof strained relationships, broken hearts and broken traditions.  It’s the prayer we whisper to heaven-Howdid we get here, and how do we stay together when we no longer pray, believe,or worship together? If your home or your heart feels divided today becauseloved ones have stepped away from the faith, you are not alone. And not surprisingly,this same story is told in the pages of the Old Testament. At first glance, the breaking up of the tribes of Israelcould be a history lesson about political rebellion—the tragic moment thetwelve tribes of Israel fractured into two separate kingdoms. But if we lookcloser, we see this is so much more than that.  This is family history.  Our family history.  This is the story of a covenant familysplitting apart. As in all things we can find guidance by looking to the Lords’prophet. And this week we’re going to look at the prophet Elijah. He walkedright into the middle of this deep spiritual divide. From his life, we are going to extract some really practical strategies on how to survive the drought of a home that feels divided,  how tolisten for the still, small voice when disagreements arise, and how to trust God with the people we love most. So, grab your scriptures. Let’s talk about howto find peace, assurance and unwavering hope even when our story includesdivision.