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[BABY CRYING]
Many of you are now passing through physical, mental, and
emotional trials that could cause you to cry out, "When I
have tried all my life to be good, why has this happened to
me?" Now, I wish to encourage those who are in the midst of
hard trials, who feel their faith may be fading under the
onslaught of troubles.
There seems to me no better answer to the question of why
trials come and what we are to do than the words of the Lord
Himself, who passed through trials for us more terrible
than we can imagine.
You may have seen the need for that foundation, as I have, at
the bedside of someone ready to give up the fight to endure
to the end.
If the foundation of faith is not embedded in our hearts,
the power to endure will crumble.
Sherman!
We're going to be late.
We've got to go right now.
Sherman, now!
Child, we've got to go!
Moroni, the son of Mormon in the Book of
Mormon, told us how.
He teaches the simple and sweet truth that acting on
even a twig of faith allows God to grow it.
That particle of faith most precious, and which you should
protect and use to whatever extent you can, is faith in
the Lord Jesus Christ.
You and I have faith that the way to rise through and above
trials is to believe that there is a "balm in Gilead"
and that the Lord has promised, "I will not ...
forsake thee." Curing does not come automatically through the
passage of time, but it does take time.
Getting older does not do it alone.
It is serving God and others persistently with full heart
and soul that turns testimony of truth into unbreakable
spiritual strength.
If we have faith in Jesus Christ, the hardest as well as
the easiest of times in life can be a blessing.
In all conditions, we can choose the right with the
guidance of the Spirit.
We have the gospel of Jesus Christ to shape and guide our
lives if we choose it.
We never need feel that we are alone or unloved in the Lord's
service because we never are.
We can feel the love of God.
The Savior has promised angels on our left and on our right
to bear us up.
And He always keeps His word.
His love is unfailing.
I so testify in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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