This girl who wrote the article describes of a situation where she is in the temple contemplating her life and asking God all these questions and wanting answers to all of them. Then she receives this beautiful response of "All is well".
HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THAT!?!?!
I feel like sometimes I want to know all of the answers to the universe and all the questionable things in my life and I just feel so lost.
Then the author continues by saying, "In that moment, I understood that event though my life wasn't going as I had planned, it was still going according to HIS plan and HE was in control. That sweet assurance that He is aware of and taking care of me, even if He doesn't always take away my trials, has carried me through many hardships. As we come to understand, seek, and wait for these assurances, we can know that the Lord supports us through the burdens placed upon us."
I remember praying one night and feeling this exact way. I felt the Lord reminding me that He is in charge, He knows how everything will turn out, and He is ALWAYS there for me.
In Helaman, we read of the stripling warriors who waited many months for the provisions and reinforcements and were almost on the brink of starvation when they were delivered from their struggles with a small band of men who had food with them. They were fearful that this would not be enough and then they turned to the Lord and "did pour out [their] souls in prayer to God, that he would strengthen [them] and deliver [them]."
In Alma 58:10-11, it reads, "the Lord our God did visit us with assurances that He would deliver us; yea, insomuch that he did speak peace to our souls, and did grant unto us great faith, and did cause us that we should hope for our deliverance in him."
I know that the Lord is ALWAYS there. It is amazing to me that we can feel so alone when in fact we have the greatest blessing in the world of being able to call upon the Lord for reassurance that everything will be okay.
"Life is hard. There are times when we question, when we lack confidence in ourselves and in our abilities to triumph over adversity, when we lose hope. Often it can feel like our trials will never end. And although some assurances come through no effort on our part, more often than not, we need to seek out those assurances that tell us there will be reprieve from our trials."
Last night I was reminded of some hard things I went through and how I came out of it. I remember how angry I was with the Lord, that he would let me do something so bad and have to deal with such hard adversity. I lost all confidence that I had in myself. I lost my self worth. I felt so vulnerable and weak. My parents tried to help me find my way and the only way that I was able to come out of it was kneeling before my Lord and pouring out my heart to Him, pleading with Him to help me overcome my trials. I remember feeling the everlasting love coming from the Spirit that the Lord was pleased with me and that there would be a "reprieve" to my trials. I met with my Bishop and telling him of my trials and experiences. He told me that when I was describing my experience, the only thing he felt was that the Lord had forgiven me and that it was finished.
"Ultimately, no matter how many assurances we receive that Heavenly Father is aware of us and our situation, it won't be enough to help us endure to the end if we don't have faith and hope in Jesus Christ. Through His Atonement, we can have the ABSOLUTE HOPE that we will one day be delivered from all of our trials. We can also know that our Savior is there to empathize perfectly with us, for He has 'descended below all things, in that he comprehended all things' (D&C 88:6)"
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