Trials

My friend posted this on Instagram and my heart beat out of control as I read these precious words of truth. "We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear he greatest trials." 

Always in life, those who have stood for the Savior have received greater trials and have had to overcome great things. 

I'm not sure where the thought came about that it we are doing what is right, our lives should be easy because we will be blessed. It simply is not true. Satan's plan was the easy one not our Savior's. We were not sent here to earth to find temporary and fleeting happiness. We were sent here to prove ourselves worthy to return with our loving Father in Heaven. We were sent here to be tested with all things to see if we would remain worthy. We were sent here to gain the necessary characteristics that will seal our hearts to our Savior and help us to put Him first over all else. To see if we would remain faithful and endure to the end. 

Those words, the doing words, are so key in these requirements. Prove, gain, tested, tried, remain, return, and endure are not simply bystander words. They require action and hard work on our part. It requires us to gain key understanding and figure out how to do what is needed to return again to Him. 

We are sitting in college here. We are learning. We are growing. We are expanding our minds and helping to enlighten our minds to grasp and capture greater understanding. We are to sacrifice what we think we want in the moment for long term deep joy. 

Hayden, as you walk thru life. If you are battling and fighting and youmfeed like your road is an uphill battle, then my dear boy, you are doing it right! Doing what is right will never keep us from trials and heartache in all things but it WILL give you the ability to overcome whatever is in front of you. The task may seem unbearable but it can be done. 

If you rememeber these two simple rules when facing trials,or hard things in your life. 1) if you have faith and stay faithful to our Savior, He will strengthen you, guide us and help you through life's storms. 2) When eating an elephant or conquering problems, you do it one bite at a time, a piece here and a bite there. You focus on the goals at hand while keeping in mind you main objectives. And possibly a third. Your mom loves you always. You are my precious boy. I will always be near to guide you, support you, be your soft place to fall and love you to the moon and back a million times over.