I need to be studying, but I am having trouble concentrating,
as I think about the trials my friends are currently experiencing:
Loss of a job
Loss of a marriage
Loss of a pregnancy
Loss of a child
Loss of a mother
Loss of a job
Loss of a marriage
Loss of a pregnancy
Loss of a child
Loss of a mother
I don't have the answers.
Perhaps that's what eternity is for:
Time to process, learn, develop perspective, heal.
But, my testimony in President Monson as a prophet and mouthpiece of our Father in Heaven has grown tonight as I have searched for answers and comfort. I want to know that there is meaning in loss that seems so often empty and pointless. President Monson offers counsel here on how to obtain peace when losses have us frustrated, downtrodden, and discouraged.
"Frequently, death [and I add, infertility, divorce, job loss, and other heartaches and disappointments in life's noble endeavors] comes as an intruder. It is an enemy that suddenly appears in the midst of life’s feast, putting out its lights and its gaiety. Death lays its heavy hand upon those dear to us and, at times, leaves us baffled and wondering... But to those bereaved, the Master’s promise of peace is the comforting balm which heals: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
Our mortal world is fallen, corrupted.
It has abundant pain and inadequate peace.
One of my goals in 2010 is to share this gospel with others.
Everyone needs the peace that only our Savior can give.
Because, now more than ever, I know that
"Surely He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows...
And with His stripes we are healed."
Isaiah 53:4-5
Perhaps that's what eternity is for:
Time to process, learn, develop perspective, heal.
But, my testimony in President Monson as a prophet and mouthpiece of our Father in Heaven has grown tonight as I have searched for answers and comfort. I want to know that there is meaning in loss that seems so often empty and pointless. President Monson offers counsel here on how to obtain peace when losses have us frustrated, downtrodden, and discouraged.
"Frequently, death [and I add, infertility, divorce, job loss, and other heartaches and disappointments in life's noble endeavors] comes as an intruder. It is an enemy that suddenly appears in the midst of life’s feast, putting out its lights and its gaiety. Death lays its heavy hand upon those dear to us and, at times, leaves us baffled and wondering... But to those bereaved, the Master’s promise of peace is the comforting balm which heals: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
Our mortal world is fallen, corrupted.
It has abundant pain and inadequate peace.
One of my goals in 2010 is to share this gospel with others.
Everyone needs the peace that only our Savior can give.
Because, now more than ever, I know that"Surely He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows...
And with His stripes we are healed."
Isaiah 53:4-5








