Each and every individual has trials in their life and many times we lose the hope that can help us us through theose trials. Sunday, after having some minor trials of my own during the week, I pondered the question, ''How do we have faith and maintain hope when faced with adversity?"One of the ways we can have and maintain hope is to remember that when we are going through something that we think no one else would understand, Christ does understand. We will unfortunately make mistakes because we are imperfect and will remain imperfect until the next life, but even with our errors we should make each day the ''best today.''
President Hinckley said in his book 'Way to Be' that, ''You have to stay on your feet and keep moving if you are going to have light in your life. Nothing of real substance comes without work.''
This includes helping others to maintain hope in their life as well. When people lose hope they often begin to withdraw from the gospel and from our Heavenly Father. They become as the small sheep that had wandered from the comforting path. Each individual is uniquely important and deserves our love and care.
Elder Uchtorf said, ''Never give up on anyone. And that includes not giving up on yourself... Patience means accepting that which cannot be changed and facing it with courage, grace, and faith.''
This includes helping others to maintain hope in their life as well. When people lose hope they often begin to withdraw from the gospel and from our Heavenly Father. They become as the small sheep that had wandered from the comforting path. Each individual is uniquely important and deserves our love and care.
Elder Uchtorf said, ''Never give up on anyone. And that includes not giving up on yourself... Patience means accepting that which cannot be changed and facing it with courage, grace, and faith.''
Something more that I think can help is, ''Put all frustrations, hurt feelings, and grumblings into the perspective of your eternal hope.''
It is satisfying to study and hear about subjects relevant to faith and hope because I realize that the darkest moments always come right before we reach either our goal or the end. For example, Lucifer attempted to kill Joseph Smith before he saw God and Jesus Christ; Christ was tempted right before he performed the atonement; Moses and the children of Israel were stuck between the Egyptian armies and the sea before the water opened before them; a runner feels faintest before finishing the race. I also experienced darkness and opposition, even from family members and friends, before I left to serve a mission. Each time we are about to do good, Lucifer tries to stop us, but if we have hope we can pull through.
It is satisfying to study and hear about subjects relevant to faith and hope because I realize that the darkest moments always come right before we reach either our goal or the end. For example, Lucifer attempted to kill Joseph Smith before he saw God and Jesus Christ; Christ was tempted right before he performed the atonement; Moses and the children of Israel were stuck between the Egyptian armies and the sea before the water opened before them; a runner feels faintest before finishing the race. I also experienced darkness and opposition, even from family members and friends, before I left to serve a mission. Each time we are about to do good, Lucifer tries to stop us, but if we have hope we can pull through.
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