Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Trials! Pains or Blessings????

     When we came to this earth Heavenly Father told us we would go through trials. Sometimes they are going to be small ones like friends mocking you about your religion or they can be BIG ones like a family death or a friends death. No matter the size of the trial Heavenly Father will never leave us to deal with it on our own. He will also NEVER give us to big of a trail for us not to handle.
     Let me tell you my own experience of the trials I have been going through. This whole year I have been going through one crap storm after another. We got news that my grandma is literally on her death bed, friends mocking me about my religion (LDS) and about me going on a full time mission. I don't know how to pay for my mission/bills/tithing and on top of that 2 months ago I got word that 1 of my friends that I have known since I was like 2 died. One died in Pakistan. I didn't know what to do. I thought I lost a little bit of my faith and testimony. So I asked for a blessing of strength and comfort and it helped so much then 2 weeks after that I heard that a friend I knew when I was like 1 died in a car accident. It didn't hit me as much until I went to the Billings Temple then I couldn't take it so I talked to the missionary that baptized me Elder Miner and he gave me this scripture:
D&C 98:11-14
And I give unto you a commandment, that ye shall forsake all evil and cleave unto all good, that ye shall live by every word which proceedeth forth out of the mouth of God.
  For he will give unto the faithful line upon line, precept upon precept; and I will try you and prove you herewith.
  And whoso layeth down his life in my cause, for my name’s sake, shall find it again, even life eternal.
Therefore, be not afraid of your enemies, for I have decreed in my heart, saith the Lord, that I will prove you in all things, whether you will abide in my covenant, even unto death, that you may be found worthy.

So after reading these verses it hit me, these trials are just Heavenly Father just proving me to be worthy because he gave me a commandment that I must obey and that he will try me even unto death that I may be found worthy. How amazing is that. So just remember brothers and sisters that when you are going through trials, sure they are pains in your life but it's only Heavenly Father proving you worthy. One last thing. I love this song and it talks about blessings from trials. And I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

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