Posted: 14 Apr 2013 08:00 AM PDT
"I am convinced that missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience. Salvation never was easy. We are the Church of Jesus Christ, this is the truth, and He is our Great Eternal Head. How could we believe it would be easy for us when it was never, ever easy for Him?"
—Jeffrey R. Holland, "Missionary Work and the Atonement", Ensign, Liahona, March 2001
Topics: Missionary Work, Trials
Topics: Missionary Work, Trials
So what is it that we can gain from this message? We are women so we are thinkers! Heavenly Father sent his son to the earth to set a pathway for us. It is a wonderful feeling that we are here to learn, live, and become righteous children so we can be ready to enter His kingdom. I find myself asking why did I sign up for this if I knew it was going to be this hard? Life is a roller coaster of ups and downs, fun times and sad. Times of wonderful bliss and lets just say it there are times of complete craziness. Sisters, that's whats so amazing about life! No matter the trouble that we are in, no shade of darkness that comes over us, or how bad we really think it is, it will be ok! Jesus paid for our troubles. I love the saying what don't kill us makes us stronger. Well, we will go through a lot in this short time we call life. But it is for a reason. Heavenly Father wants us to learn something. Just like we want to teach our kids something new every day. That too is a battle all of its own. Life is hard, yes. Bad things happen but we need to know that it will be ok. We will overcome it. Maybe not the way we see fit. But it is His will be done. In studying the lesson from today again with my husband I found this passage to really go well with this daily message: "I daresay that in the [premortal] spirit world, when it was proposed to us to come into this probation, and pass through the experience that we are now receiving, it was not altogether pleasant and agreeable; the prospects were not so delightful in all respects as might have been desired. Yet there is no doubt that we saw and understood clearly there that, in order to accomplish our exaltation and glory, this was a necessary experience; and however disagreeable it might have appeared to us, we were willing to conform to the will of God, and consequently we are here." -Teachings of Presidents of the Church:Lorenzo Snow Chapter 7; Page 110. I will leave you with this food for thought for the evening! Check back tomorrow and see what daily message I get to share with you! Stay strong and remember to always P.U.S.H. (Pray Until Something Happens)
Sister Hailey
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