There are
many things that we cannot change. We all have difficulties and
disappointments. But often these turn out to be opportunities. The Lord can
measure how strong we are by how we handle these difficulties in our lives. As
the Lord said to the Prophet Joseph Smith, “Know thou, my son, that all these
things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good” (D&C 122:7).
Sometimes the
Lord allows us to have trials to shape us into productive servants. In our
desire to achieve, we often fail to see that the Lord is trying to prune us
away from false pride and vain ambition so He can teach us discipleship. His
all-seeing eye is over us and ever watching us as our Eternal Heavenly Parent.
When trials come, as surely they will to all of us during mortality, let us not
sink into the abyss of self-pity but remember who is at the helm, that He is
there to guide us through all the storms of life.
James E.
Faust "Be Not Afraid" October 2002 Ensign
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