My friend asked me to tell her what I meant by "When life gets hard it is because blessings are coming."
I have found that "Is the plain and very sobering truth that before
great moments, certainly before great spiritual moments, there can come
adversity, opposition, and darkness." When Elder Holland said this heknew what he was talking about. I first found this quote at the age of 19 long before many of of my great spiritual moments and before much of my adversity, opposition and darkness.
That should not be a shock to you, and it wasn't really a shock to me. Yet I was still learning that truth has application in my life. As life continued and continues for me I have found that this truth has helped me through the hard times that life has for me. I has started to see that I am being prepared for great spiritual moments.
So I remind myself when the trials come that "We cannot sign on for a battle of such eternal significance and everlasting consequence without knowing it will be a fight—a good fight and a winning fight, but a fight nevertheless."
I have found that "Is the plain and very sobering truth that before
great moments, certainly before great spiritual moments, there can come
adversity, opposition, and darkness." When Elder Holland said this heknew what he was talking about. I first found this quote at the age of 19 long before many of of my great spiritual moments and before much of my adversity, opposition and darkness.
That should not be a shock to you, and it wasn't really a shock to me. Yet I was still learning that truth has application in my life. As life continued and continues for me I have found that this truth has helped me through the hard times that life has for me. I has started to see that I am being prepared for great spiritual moments.
So I remind myself when the trials come that "We cannot sign on for a battle of such eternal significance and everlasting consequence without knowing it will be a fight—a good fight and a winning fight, but a fight nevertheless."
So my friends when the hard times in life comes you can be sure that Elder Holland and I will cheer you on...Go! Fight! Win!
Credits:
Jeffrey R. Holland, “‘Cast Not Away Therefore Your Confidence’,” Ensign, Mar 2000
2 comments:
You don't know how much I needed to hear this today. Thank you so very much!
I was having a bit of a pity party about the fact that I having been trying to get pregnant for a year and a half now. I need to remember that the Lord has things in mind for me that I can't even fathom. The refining fire isn't comfortable, but it burns off imperfections and helps us to become what we are meant to be.
Thank you for your comment on my blog!! I love this post. It also reminds me of my own personel life and Robert and I will joke when life gets hard that the mansion in heaven must be pretty big and glorious for us to have to go through this trial!!?? Naybe it's in bad taste but it is one of those things that gets you through the moment -ya know? anyway, have a great day!!
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