Come what may, and love it

Have you seen these "mormon messages" on YouTube? There are quite a few of them out there and they are fabulous. This one pretty much fell into my lap this morning and I believe it was because of divine inspiration. I love Elder Wirthlin and I especially love this message. Adam and I had been discussing this very topic this weekend. I had been very discouraged with my recent trials when Adam bascially told me "you can't changes things that have happened. You can either mope around or get busy" Elder Wirthlin might have counseled me with words he learned from his mother, "Come what may, and love it" How can we love days that are filled with sorrow? Elder Wirthlin answers this question with this, "We can’t—at least not in the moment. I don’t think my mother was suggesting that we suppress discouragement or deny the reality of pain. I don’t think she was suggesting that we smother unpleasant truths beneath a cloak of pretended happiness. But I do believe that the way we react to adversity can be a major factor in how happy and successful we can be in life." I believe that our hardest times can truly be our greatest times of growth. Elder Wirthlin gives us four things we can do to help through times of testing and trial.

1. Learn to laugh

Ever heard the quote "laughter is the best medicine"? It's not always easy to laugh when you are feeling pain but I believe it can do wonders for the soul. Elder Wirthlin tells us "The next time you’re tempted to groan, you might try to laugh instead. It will extend your life and make the lives of all those around you more enjoyable."

2. Seek for the Eternal

Elder Wirthlin said it best when he said "Learning to endure times of disappointment, suffering, and sorrow is part of our on-the-job training. These experiences, while often difficult to bear at the time, are precisely the kinds of experiences that stretch our understanding, build our character, and increase our compassion for others." It helps me when I look at my trials in an eternal perspective as part of an eternal journey to perfection. They will last but a small moment...

3. The principle of compensation

Elder Wirthlin tells us "The Lord compensates the faithful for every loss. That which is taken away from those who love the Lord will be added unto them in His own way. While it may not come at the time we desire, the faithful will know that every tear today will eventually be returned a hundredfold with tears of rejoicing and gratitude." This knowledge has brought me an immense amount of comfort. Heavenly Father loves me and knows of my pain and someday I will be blessed because of it!

4. Trust in the Father and the Son

Once again from Elder Wirthlin, "“God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.” (John 3:16) The Lord Jesus Christ is our partner, helper, and advocate. He wants us to be happy. He wants us to be successful. If we do our part, He will step in. He who descended below all things will come to our aid. He will comfort and uphold us. He will strengthen us in our weakness and fortify us in our distress. He will make weak things become strong.(See Ether 12:27) I love that... He will make weak things become strong...What a glorious promise!! Who doesn't need aid, comfort and stregnth? Heavenly Father has promised us that when we do our part, he will step in and help where we can't.

There will always be adversity, there will always be a trial."For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things" 2 Nephi 2:11. Some will be harder than others but how we handle them will be a factor in how happy our lives are. They can be a blessing to us if we can learn to love them. Or at the very least, love what we gain from them.

"Come what may, and love it".