Does Friendships Comes with Expectations?

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this post should take approximately three to five minutes to read from start to finish.

I would like to let you know that whenever I do mentioned YSA throughout this post, I do refer to Young Single Adults. I have two quick easy questions and you may or may not ask yourself and answer the following questions either now or in your own time.

Do you have any expectations whenever you are making new friends with someone who just have met?
What are some expectations that people face whenever they are making new friends?

Throughout the past years while I was in youth and in YSA, I always seemed to be adding new friends a lot on Facebook. I often somehow always thought that I wouldn't have any expectations when it comes to whenever I meet new friends. I always seem to be meeting new friends at multiple events, multiple places, multiple sites, and multiple times.

In the past, I often meeting new friends by attending the same session in the Temple, attending a different ward on Sunday time to time, attending some past Church events such as attending EFY in 2012, attending multi-stake annual Priest and Laurels Ball in 2013, attending multi-stake YSA dances, attending multi-stake YSA devotional firesides, attending institute, and so forth.

Whenever I make new friends; I always expected to be their friends for a long time, spending some time with them, keeping in contact with each other, and check up on each other time to time. I don't think any of my expectations are high whenever it comes to making new friends.

"Sometimes we expect more from others because
we would be willing to do that much for them."

I know it can be difficult for me to live over here in Texas US and not being able to spend any time with any of my friends who lives in Australia. It has been almost seven months of me living over here and I already have reached out to a few friends who lives over in Australia that we can always do a video call whether it is via FaceTime or Skype or Facebook Messenger. I remembered that was one of the convenient and best ways of how my husband and I was able to see each other face to face often while we were in long distance relationship and long distance engagement.

I also already mentioned to them that the video calls can happen whenever it is convenient for both of us. It all comes to effective planning, and organizing the right timing. It can be difficult at times to forget about time zone difference. Trust me, it happens and I know how it feels to misjudge the timing.

I know that it can be fun at times when it comes to making new friends. Sometimes, I go through my friends list on Facebook and I often time to time to remove friends who I barely talk to these days. I know that we should determine ourselves who would be great friends to us. We should be able to adjustify for ourselves of what we can do to be able to be a great friend to our friends. Being a great friend can come with a lot of trusting, some challenges and trials. We may always meet new friends who we know that can make good influences and choices that you can look up to them as inspiration.

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Does Families Comes with Expectations?

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this post should take approximately three to five minutes to read from start to finish.

First and foremost, I would like to ask you the following questions and you may or may not ask yourself and answer the following questions either now or in your own time. 

Why is it so important for some families to have effective communication with each family member?

Why is it so important for some families to have regular family outings whenever they can?

Why is it so important for some families that have expectations to follow? 

What makes a family's home a safe place from the outside world?

Most families consist of having a couple and children even if the couple has one child. Each individual of the couple comes from having a different culture background, different upbringing, different house rules, different meal time schedules, different sleeping routines, and so forth. You may or may not get the idea, it's just simply that an individual may or may not have experienced expectations as growing up throughout his or her childhood and teen years.

A woman may have come from a family who has parents that encourages her and her siblings to do house chores, facing the consequences whenever she was and whenever her siblings was misbehaving, her parents may have done their best to enforce to maintain a regular routine of having family home evening, having a routine of doing family prayers when the family is all together, and so forth.

A man may have come from a family who has parents that encourage him to be successful in schooling, encourage him to be spiritually prepared and temple worthy to receive his endowments, encourage him to have a job to to save up a portion for his mission funds, encourage him to spiritually prepared to serve a mission, he may have an opportunity to learn a new language, and so forth.

"The secret of a happy home is that members of the family learn
ti give and receive love." - Billy Graham.

Moat times, children needs to reminded about that there is consequences after each choice that they make. Parents can be determine what the consequences would be like for the children when they misbehave. I know that it can be challenging for some parents, and that is okay. They are aiming to do what is best for their children to hopefully learn from what they were doing wrong and make better choices.

Sometimes children may not want to do everything what is expected for them to do straight away, that even includes doing chores. Who doesn't like doing chores when they have been told to do it? I know I didn't like doing chores as growing up, but eventually I knew it was something that needs to be done.

Families may have expectations that may go overboard at times and that's okay. Families have expectations because sometimes it does requires a lot to keep the parents and children happy.

Parents should be reminded about that they have some responsibilities while their children is still living with them. They should be able to provide clean clothing for their children to wear each day, having appropriate meal time schedules, having a regular bedtime routine, making sure that they would be able to be feed, having a shelter that they have a roof over their heads, and so forth.

Parents should also be reminded that the cost of raising and having children can be expensive, don't let that turn away from having children. Parents should also be reminded that one day, all children are going to grow up to move and live away from home. The children will be able to come and visit parents time to time.

Children should be reminded that they should be able to help their parents out whenever they can, even if it just simply looking after their younger siblings, doing washing up the dishes without being told and cooking dinner for their parents and siblings at least once a week.

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Why Does Housing Arrangements Have Expectations?

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this post should take approximately five to eight minutes to read from start to finish.

Throughout this post when I mention about housemates, I do refer to roommates.

In the past, I remembered several occasions when I was living away from my family's home, I was living with individuals who always have expectations. Most expectations that they had, was always different compared to my own expectations. They would have a few expectations that seemed to be stricter than it needs to be.

One of the most difficult housing situations that I was in, I was living with three other housemates. Three individuals who was younger than me, they didn't have the same belief as me, they constantly love having a great time, and they would get drank on some occasions. One of the individuals constantly smoked a lot. Each of us had different work schedules, and each of us had different things to do on our days off from work. I was working the furthest away, I was working over twenty-five hours a week, I was studying Pathways of BYU-Idaho online, I was doing my best to keep myself busy whenever I wasn't working, my husband and I was getting to know each other and just friends at the time.

I remembered two individuals always enjoyed doing grocery shopping, they always expected me to pay them so that they can do my grocery shopping while I was at work. I mostly came home from work, and checked what they have purchased during the grocery shopping. I remembered feeling disappointed that they didn't get everything not even half of the grocery list that I have written down. It just felt like they didn't care and think that I don't eat much at the time. It honestly didn't help when I was constantly away and rarely come home to be able to eat something.

"Wake up with determination, go to bed with satisfaction."

Another most difficult housing situation that I was in, I was living with two other housemates. One housemate was a convert to the Church, and the other housemate has been starting to go back to church after being inactive or less active for awhile. They both were older than me. I remembered going to Costco for one time and I did a massive shop for the housemates and myself. Turns out that the individuals doesn't appreciate the grocery shop that I have done at Costco, and it has made me feel upset.

One individual wanted to go to the same endowment session when I went through. I wasn't a close friend with her, I just wanted only close family and friends to be there for me. She may have felt upset about after telling her that I would like her not go to the same session.

I constantly expected from the individuals to respect to allow me to sleep in from working the nights that I had work the previous nights. I remembered I was always feeling tired and upset whenever my sleep got disturbed. One time, I worked on my night off from work. I started working roughly 9pm ish, and I didn't finish work until 4am ish the next morning. I arrived back home at roughly 5am ish, I did the laundry so I have fresh clean work uniform, and I relaxed.

I eventually went to sleep by 6:30am ish or 7am ish. One individual had turned on the TV and it was loud. It disturbed my sleep. I was such a light sleeper at the time. I got upset and angry when I woke up. I did apologised to the individual and explained that I have worked until early houses of that morning and she didn't seemed to care.

I learned housing arrangements have expectations because the house always needs to be cleaned, dust free, having individuals to feel comfortable to sleep in their own bed.

Sometimes whenever living with other individuals does make challenging at times to adjust into reality. One individual may not able to have a driver's licence and may rely on someone constantly for transportation, one individual may not choose to show that he or she cares about the surroundings around them including who he or she is living with. Sometimes reaching other people's expectations can be easy to follow through, difficult to understand why there are expectations exist, etc.

Always do your best that you can play your part in the home whether it is to wash your own dishes or maintaining the yard, or cleaning the bathroom, whatever it is, remember that you're living a home that you do use the bathroom, you do use dishes, etc.

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Happy Valentine's Day 2020

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this post should take approximately two to four minutes to read from start to finish. 

Isn't it a wonderful feeling to know it is Valentine's Day today? It might be a wonderful feeling to some people or not. What are you doing today to celebrate Valentine's Day? Do you have at least one most favourite memory of celebrating Valentine's Day in the past years?

My husband and I didn't do extra special for celebrating Valentine's Day this day. I gave him a small red teddy bear; and four packs of sour patch kids that shaped loved hearts and it has cute sayings on it. He's currently working and here I am at home. 

Over the past years since 2004, I've always reflected Valentine's Day as another year since I have been baptised into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Although I have learned to appreciate Valentine's Day a bit more since I've met and known my husband. 

In 2018; I was able to celebrate Valentine's Day early with my husband. We celebrate it on my birthday. We both were able to attend two sessions in Oquirrh Mountain Temple, followed by going to attend a session in Salt Lake City Temple, followed by going to a buffet for dinner and dessert, and he surprised me with roses after the buffet dinner. I remembered doing my best to keep the roses alive until it was approaching closer for me to leave Utah, and I remembered trying to dry the roses so I can take it back to Brisbane Australia with me for memories. 

When I got back to Brisbane, I had to claim the roses for customs. Otherwises if I didn't say anything, I would have gotten over $10,000 fine. I remembered going through customs and someone checked my luggage, and you could see how upset I was as the individual checking my luggage and the dried rose petals feel the ground.

Before my husband left Utah, I gave him a Valentine's card. In 2019; I got a Valentine's card from my husband. This year; my husband got me three roses on last Saturday, and he has been considering to get me a bike. It truly doesn't matter what I get for Valentine's Day, as long as my husband still loves me, cares about me, supports me and still appreciate everything that I do for him, I am totally okay with receiving nothing for Valentine's Day.

I'm truly grateful for having my husband as a Valentine and I'm grateful for being a Valentine for my husband for the past few years and I know that we both are keen and looking forward to even more years to come. He's my for all time and eternity Valentine, and I'm his all time and eternity Valentine. I wish you a Happy Valentine's Day.

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Love Takes Time} Part Two

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this post should take approximately three to five minutes to read from start to finish.

This post is based on October 1975 General Conference talk and it is called, "Love Takes Time" by Marvin J. Ashton. This is part two. I have enjoyed reading the talk, I would like to share with you some highlights while I was reading the talk and I hope you will learn something new. 

Marvin mentioned, " .... When were you last fed by a family member or friend? When were you last given nourishment for growth and ideas, plans, sorting of the day, sharing of fun, recreation, sorrow, anxiety, concern, and meditation? These ingredients can only be shared by someone who loves and cares. Have you ever gone to extend sympathy and comfort in moments of death and trial, only to come away fed by the faith and trust of the loving bereaved?

Certainly the best way for us to show our love in keeping and feeding is by taking the time to prove it hour by hour and day by day. Our expressions of love and comfort are empty if our actions don’t match. God loves us to continue. Our neighbors and families love us if we will but follow through with sustaining support and self-sharing. True love is as eternal as life itself. Who is to say the joys of eternity are not wrapped up in continuous feeding, keeping, and caring? We need not weary in well-doing when we understand God’s purposes and his children.

"The world is filled with too many of us who are inclined
to indicate our love with an announcement or declaration. True
love is a process. True love requires personal action. Love must
be continuing to be real. Love takes time." - Marvin J. Ashton.

... The opportunities for showing love for God through the home, neighborhood, mission field, community, and family are never-ending. Some of us are inclined to terminate our love processes in the family when a member disappoints, rebels, or becomes lost. Sometimes when family members least deserve love, they need it most. Love is not appropriately expressed in threats, accusations, expressions of disappointment, or retaliation. Real love takes time, patience, help, and continuing performances.

Love of God takes time. Love of family takes time. Love of country takes time. Love of neighbor takes time. Love of companion takes time. Love in courtship takes time. Love of self takes time. .. Let us resolve to take the time to give of ourselves in putting love into appropriate action and performance. God, too, needs more than words. He is made happy by our feeding, keeping, and continuing.

... May we take the time to show our families, our friends, the stranger, our prophet, and our God that our declarations of love are backed up by performance by our daily lives, that we know for love to be acceptable

to God and man it must be continuing and originate from within. ... God help us to take the time to enjoy the blessings of feeding, keeping, and caring. ..."

If you would like to read the talk either now or in your own time, here's the link below. 

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1975/10/love-takes-time

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How do we show our love towards our relationship?

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this post should take approximately four to seven minutes to read from start to finish.

Relationships that I would be referring throughout this post is same sex couples, boyfriend and girlfriend, engaged couples, and married couples. Throughout this post whenever I will be mentioning "loved one," I would be referring to those relationships that I have mentioned previously. 

I would like to ask the following questions and you may would like to ask yourself and answer those questions either now or in your own time. How committed are you to make your relationship to work out for the best? Do you enjoy spending some quality time with your loved one? How often do you spend some quality time with your loved one?

Do you mention "I love you" to your loved whenever you get the chance? How often do you say "I love you" to your loved one? Have you ever express concerns to your loved one? If so, how often do you express them?

How often do you compliment your loved one? Do you compliment him or her whenever you get the chance?

How often do your express your trust with your loved one? Are you being honest to him or her often? 

How often do you express to your loved one that you care about him or her? Does he or she knows that you care about him or her? Do you show support towards your loved one? If so, how often do you show that to your loved one?

Who is making the effort and time to make the relationship to work? How long have you been in the relationship for? What have you learned during the relationship so far? How often do you contact your loved one? How often do you listen to your loved one without interrupting what he or she is talking? 

"Some love lasts a lifetime."

Throughout our lives, we always do our best whatever we think is best for our relationship whether it is to making sure that your loved one is constantly feeling loved, feeling appreciated and so on. We can always show our loved one that we do care about him or her, finding ways to understand each other's needs, finding ways to understand each other's wants, finding ways to getting to know each other, showing ways of how we can support one another, loving each other, trusting each other, helping each other to achieve short-term goals, helping each other to achieve long-term goals, speaking kind words to each other, and so on. 

I hope you will always remember that relationships isn't suppose to be 100% easy. If you're very serious in your current relationship, make sure that you are able to prove it and show it.

All relationships should consist of sharing compliments to each other, instead of complaining to each other.

All relationships should consist of speaking kind words to each other, instead of saying hurtful words.

All relationships should consist of supporting each other, even when you disagree with their decision.

All relationships should consist of trusting each other, sometimes it can be difficult to believe in someone. 

All relationships should consist of setting realistic short-term and long-term goals, sky's the limit. Sometimes, we see relationships that has someone comes from a different culture background and the language barrier can be tricky and difficult to understand at times. 

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Heavenly Father Loves You

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this post should take approximately three to five minutes to read from start to finish.

Have you ever experience doubts for Heavenly Father's love for you? Do you know that Heavenly Father loves you?

I know that Heavenly Father loves you and he truly does. Think about it. I know that he truly loves you even when you may or may not feel his love time to time, and even during difficult times, he still loves you. I know that he loves all of his children including you.

I know that Heavenly Father is constantly happy and cheering you for being happy and cheerful. Heavenly Father constantly loves everyone for doing their best to be successful in life.

I know that Heavenly Father loves seeing all of his children making progress at different stages throughout their daily lives. I know that he loves seeing all of his children using their agency to make their own choices. I know that when he sees his children down and upset, he always strives his best to insure them that he is there with them and allow them to feel peace, happiness and comfort again.

I love what the Image says and if you can not see the Image above, it says the following;
"Do you suppose it matters to our Heavenly Father whether your makeup, clothes, hair, and nails are perfect? Do you think he wants you to worry or get depressed if some un-friend or un-follow you on Facebook or Twitter? Do you think outward attractiveness, your dress size, or popularity make the slightest difference in your worth to the One who created the universe?

HE LOVES YOU not only for who you are this very day but also for the person of glory and light you have the potential & the desire to become. - Dieter F. Uchtdorf."

I would like to also encourage you to think about how you can apply what the Image says to your daily life.

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Love Takes Time} Part One

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this post should take approximately four to seven minutes to read from start to finish.

I would like to ask you the following two questions, you may or may not ask yourself and answer the following questions either now or in your own time. What is your definition on true love? Do you believe that love takes time?

This post is based on October 1975 General Conference talk and it is called, "Love Takes Time" by Marvin J. Ashton. This is part one. I have enjoyed reading the talk, I would like to share with you some highlights while I was reading the talk and I hope you will learn something new. 

Marvin have mentioned the following; "True love is a process. True love requires personal action. Love must be continuing to be real. Love takes time. Too often expediency, infatuation, stimulation, persuasion, or lust are mistaken for love. How hollow, how empty if our love is no deeper than the arousal of momentary feeling or the expression in words of what is no more lasting than the time it takes to speak them.

A group of college students recently indicated to me their least favorite expression to come from us as the older set is, “If there is ever anything I can do to help you, please let me know.” They, as do others, much prefer actions over conversation. We must at regular and appropriate intervals speak and reassure others of our love and the long time it takes to prove it by our actions. Real love does take time.

"Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and
know we cannot live within." - James Baldwin.

.. Love demands action if it is to be continuing. Love is a process. Love is not a declaration. Love is not an announcement. Love is not a passing fancy. Love is not an expediency. Love is not a convenience. From another boy a few years older, old enough to be confined in a state penitentiary a few hundred miles from here, we can learn more about the process of love. In his moving letter, just received within the past few days, he makes an effort to analyze what led to his present situation and all of the accompanying agonies.

He writes, “My dad never seemed to love me and yet he made big deals of saying ‘I love you’ and kissing and all, but I learned that ‘I love you’ meant you didn’t have to do anything. I mean we were never forced to do chores regularly, given no morals, spiritual training at all. To this very day I don’t know what principles my parents stand for.” From this friend, whom I have never met, may I share again the one phrase, “‘I love you’ meant you didn’t have to do anything.” I refer to him as a friend because he has given me his helpful thoughts and I share these comments with you on this occasion hoping they might be helpful to you too.

From the father’s viewpoint can’t he be credited with feeding and keeping?  Perhaps he had kept the family adequately stocked with food supplies. Also, hadn’t his son been the beneficiary of having a roof over his head, protected from the elements day and night over the years? In responding, I would point out to this mother and father and others that feeding is more than providing food. No man can effectively live by bread alone. Feeding is the providing by love adequate nourishment for the entire man, physically, mentally, morally, and spiritually. Keeping is a process of care, consideration, and kindness appropriately blended with discipline, example, and concern. Keeping is more than providing four walls and a roof. All of us need to be constantly reminded it takes a heap of living and loving to make a house a home."

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Timing} Part Two

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 this post should take approximately three to six minutes to read from start to finish.

This post is based on January 2002 Devotional called "Timing" by Dallin H. Oaks and this post is part two. I would like to share with you some highlights while I was reading the Devotional and I hope you will learn something new. 

Continue from the previous post, Dallin mentioned the following; "II. The Agency of Others

The achievement of some important goals in our lives is subject to more than the timing of the Lord. Some personal achievements are also subject to the agency of others. This is particularly evident in two matters of special importance to young people of college age—missionary baptisms and marriage.

III. Applications to Our Lives

Someone has said that life is what happens to us while we are making other plans. Because of things over which we have no control, we cannot plan and bring to pass everything we desire in our lives. Many important things will occur in our lives that we have not planned, and not all of them will be welcome. .. Even our most righteous desires may elude us, or come in different ways or at different times than we have sought to plan.

The timing of marriage is perhaps the best example of an extremely important event in our lives that is almost impossible to plan. Like other important mortal events that depend on the agency of others or the will and timing of the Lord, marriage cannot be anticipated or planned with certainty. We can and should work for and pray for our righteous desires, but, despite this, many will remain single well beyond their desired time for marriage.

God is good all the time.

So what should be done in the meantime? Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ prepares us for whatever life brings. .. Whatever the circumstances beyond our control, our commitments and standards can be constant.

Sometimes our commitments will surface at unexpected times and be applied in unexpected circumstances. Sometimes the principles we have taught to others come back to guide our own actions when we think we don’t need them anymore. ..

Life has some strange turns. .. Faith and trust in the Lord give us the strength to accept and persist, whatever happens in our lives. .. Do not rely on planning every event of your life even every important event. Stand ready to accept the Lord’s planning and the agency of others in matters that inevitably affect you. Plan, of course, but fix your planning on personal commitments that will carry you through no matter what happens. Anchor your life to eternal principles, and act upon those principles whatever the circumstances and whatever the actions of others. Then you can await the Lord’s timing and be sure of the outcome in eternity.

The most important principle of timing is to take the long view. Mortality is just a small slice of eternity, but how we conduct ourselves here—what we become by our actions and desires, confirmed by our covenants and the ordinances administered to us by proper authority—will shape our destiny for all eternity. As the prophet Amulek taught, “This life is the time for men to prepare to meet God” (Alma 34:32). That reality should help us take the long view—the timing of eternity."

If you would like to read or watch the devotional either now or in your free time, here's the link below.
https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/dallin-h-oaks/timing/

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Timing} Part One

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening,

 this post should take approximately three to six minutes to read from start to finish.

This post is based on January 2002 Devotional called "Timing" by Dallin H. Oaks and this post is part one. I would like to share with you some highlights while I was reading the Devotional and I hope you will learn something new. 

Dallin mentioned the following; ".. timing is vital. We read in Ecclesiastes: 

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

“A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; …

“A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

“… A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; …

“… A time to keep silence, and a time to speak” (Ecclesiastes. 3:1–2, 4–5, 7).

In all the important decisions in our lives, what is most important is to do the right thing. Second, and only slightly behind the first, is to do the right thing at the right time. People who do the right thing at the wrong time can be frustrated and ineffective. They can even be confused about whether they made the right choice when what was wrong was not their choice but their timing.

"Faith in God includes faith in God's timing." - Neal A. Maxwell.

The Lord’s Timing

.. The first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Faith means trust—trust in God’s will, trust in His way of doing things, and trust in His timetable. We should not try to impose our timetable on His. As Elder Neal A. Maxwell of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles has said: “The issue for us is trusting God enough to trust also His timing. If we can truly believe He has our welfare at heart, may we not let His plans unfold as He thinks best? The same is true with the second coming and with all those matters wherein our faith needs to include faith in the Lord’s timing for us personally, not just in His overall plans and purposes.”

Indeed, we cannot have true faith in the Lord without also having complete trust in the Lord’s will and in the Lord’s timing. .. in this matter the timing is the Lord’s, not ours. .. the Lord will proceed in His own time and in His own way.

.. The Lord’s timing also applies to the important events of our personal lives. .. This principle applies to revelation and to all of the most important events in our lives: birth, marriage, death, and even our moves from place to place. It is not enough that we are going in the right direction. The timing must be right, and if the time is not right, our actions should be adjusted to the Lord’s timetable as revealed by His servants.

Proclaiming the gospel is His work, not ours, and therefore it must be done on His timing, not ours. There are nations in the world today that must hear the gospel before the Lord will come again. We know this, but we cannot force it. We must wait upon the Lord’s timing. He will tell us, and He will open the doors or bring down the walls when the time is right. We should pray for the Lord’s help and directions so that we can be instruments in His hands to proclaim the gospel to nations and persons who are now ready—persons He would have us help today. The Lord loves all of His children, and He desires that all have the fulness of His truth and the abundance of His blessings. He knows when groups or individuals are ready, and He wants us to hear and heed His timetable for sharing His gospel with them."

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How can we accept the Lord's Will and Timing?

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 this post should take approximately four to seven minutes to read from start to finish. 

This post focuses on an article from Liahona in August 2016, and it is called "Accepting the Lord's Will and Timing" by Elder David A. Bednar. I would like to share with you some favourite parts that I loved while I was reading the article and I hope you will learn something new. 

Elder Bednar mentioned the following, "Scriptures concerning the Savior’s suffering as He offered the infinite and eternal atoning sacrifice became even more poignant and meaningful to me. I believe most of us likely would expect a man with the spiritual capacity, experience, and stature of Elder Maxwell to face serious illness and death with an understanding of God’s plan of happiness, with assurance and grace, and with dignity.

"Strong faith in the Savior is submissively accepting of
His will and timing in our lives even if the outcome is not
what we hoped for or wanted."

“Not My Will, but Thine, Be Done”
We recognized a principle that applies to every devoted disciple: strong faith in the Savior is submissively accepting of His will and timing in our lives even if the outcome is not what we hoped for or wanted. Righteousness and faith certainly are instrumental in moving mountains if moving mountains accomplishes God’s purposes and is in accordance with His will.

Righteousness and faith certainly are instrumental in healing the sick, deaf, and lame if such healing accomplishes God’s purposes and is in accordance with His will. Thus, even if we have strong faith, many mountains will not be moved. And not all of the sick and infirm will be healed. If all opposition were curtailed, if all maladies were removed, then the primary purposes of the Father’s plan would be frustrated.

Many of the lessons we are to learn in mortality can be received only through the things we experience and sometimes suffer. And God expects and trusts us to face temporary mortal adversity with His help so we can learn what we need to learn and ultimately become what we are to become in eternity.

The Meaning of All Things
You are facing, have faced, or will yet face equivalent challenges in your lives with the same courage and spiritual perspective ..

I do not know why some people learn the lessons of eternity through trial and suffering while others learn similar lessons through rescue and healing. I do not know all of the reasons, all of the purposes, and I do not know everything about the Lord’s timing. With Nephi, you and I can say that we “do not know the meaning of all things”  (1 Nephi 11:17).

But some things I absolutely do know. I know we are spirit sons and daughters of a loving Heavenly Father. I know the Eternal Father is the author of the plan of happiness. I know Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer. I know Jesus enabled the Father’s plan through His infinite and eternal Atonement. I know the Lord, who was “bruised, broken, [and] torn for us,”2 can succor and strengthen “his people according to their infirmities” (Alma 7:12). And I know one of the greatest blessings of mortality is to not shrink and to allow our individual will to be “swallowed up in the will of the Father” (Mosiah 15:7).

Though I do not know everything about how and when and where and why these blessings occur, I do witness they are real. And I know that as you press forward in your lives with steadfast faith in Christ, you will have the capacity to not shrink." I encourage you to read the whole article in your own time.

Here's the link below. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2016/08/accepting-the-lords-will-and-timing

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Why his timing isn't our timing?

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening, 

this post should take approximately four to seven minutes to read from start to finish.

This post focuses on his timing, not our timing. I would like to ask some simple following questions. You may or may not want to ask yourself those questions either now or in your free time.

Why is the Lord's timing isn't our timing? Why does Heavenly Father gets us to wait for his timing at times? Do we ever feel getting impatient with the Lord's timing at times?

We may or may not think that the Lord's timing can be so confusing at times and we don't understand why we have to wait. We may or may not acknowledge the blessings that do come from waiting for the Lord's timing. It is a natural mankind for an individual to be caught up and feeling impatient with the Lord's timing at times.

"Although his time is not always our time. We can be sure that the Lord
keeps his promises." - Henry B. Eyring.

As growing up during my teen ages, I was definitely looking forward to serve a full-time mission. I even remembered how excited I was feeling and felt that I was doing the right thing to submit the full-time mission papers. I was looking forward to receive the letter in the mail from the Prophet in Salt Lake, Utah at the time to find out where I would be called to serve, where and when do I get to report to the Missionary Training  Center {MTC}.

Sadly; after years and years after submitting the full-time mission papers, I found out that the full-time mission papers has not been submitted. I was devastated, frustrated and instantly cried. I definitely was in a shock and wasn't prepared to resubmit the full-time mission papers because I was already dedicated to the next stage of my life to commit at the time.

Heavenly Father's timing often has been the bestest blessings that I have ever received. I seemed to look back at multiple occasions and be grateful that I was able to achieve as much as I can prior to meeting my husband. I would like to share some wonderful examples of the things that I am proud of and accomplished throughout the years prior to meeting my husband. Those examples are listed below.

I graduated high school successfully, I participated and graduated seminary successfully, I participated many institute classes and graduated institute successfully, I attended Temple preparations class, I received my endowments, I obtained my drivers' licence, I survived from my first car accident on my own, I became an independent and lived away from home, I relied on myself for making many righteous decisions, and the list goes on and on. 

Prior to meeting husband, I have been through moments that has taught me a lot of lessons focuses on the Lord's timing. I have felt impatient with the Lord's timing because I used to want things to happen the way that I wanted them to. For an example, I would like to be married either when I was twenty years or twenty-one years but I didn't ever expected that I would get married at twenty-three years. 

I have experienced of times when I wasn't kneeling down and saying meaningful personal prayers. I seemed to lost my trust with Heavenly Father. I often felt that I have given up a lot even at times when I seemed to be okay.   

I absolutely do know that I have been truly blessed and happy to be married to my husband. I do know that some things are worth waiting for especially in the Lord's timing. We can always find ways to show patience with the Lord's timing. 

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Seek Learning for Hobbies

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this post should take approximately three to five minutes to read from start to finish.

I would like to inform you that this post would be focusing on hobbies. If you have hobbies, you can continue reading. If you don't think you have hobbies not even one hobby, you may continue reading this post.

What's your understanding of the word "hobby"? Do you have hobbies, well at least one hobby?
Have you ever taken a moment like for a few minutes to half an hour to think about what are your hobbies?

"A hobby is something you practice only when you feel like it."

Different people enjoy hobbies for different reasons. Just because something tests your patience doesn't mean it isn't enjoyable. Perhaps one of the hobbies that you like doing, you may consider to turn into a paid job one day either in the near future or in the future. Hobbies are meant to be fun and enjoyable.

There are so many options for hobbies that you're sure to find one that isn't boring. Some people choose hobbies to help them to relax after a long day at work. Some people may choose to do hobbies on their day off from work. Some people enjoy hobbies that challenges them. Who doesn't like a challenge?

What are some examples of hobbies is there around the world that you can do? There is sewing, photography, singing, songwriting, getting the right pitch of singing, baking, drawing and many more.

One of my hobbies is photography and I hope to turn photography into a successful paid job one day. I still do singing as a hobby and I used to record and do song covers of a few popular songs when I was in my teens.

Sometimes other people around you admire your hobbies that they want to pay you to to use your talents and skills for them. If that is something that you're interested in, that's wonderful. I would like to do that with photography one day. However, if you don't feel comfortable providing a skill or product for someone, it's okay to say no and keep it as just something you enjoy in your free time.

Who's afraid of saying no? Saying no can take some confidence to say it at the right moment.

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Seek Learning for Priorities

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening, 

this post should take approximately four to seven minutes to read from start to finish.

This post focuses on priorities. What are your priorities right now? Do you have a list of priorities that you would like to achieve for the next twenty-four hours? How about, do you have a list of priorities throughout this year? How about, do you have a list of priorities that you would like to achieve throughout the remaining of your life? Don't we all love having priorities in our lives?

Why do we have priorities in our lives even just a list of things to do?

I would like to share with you, my understanding of priorities. Each individual including you may have priorities because sometimes throughout our lives we focus on what matters the most more than other things that actually aren't and sometimes it's vice versa.

What type of priorities can an individual faces throughout his or her life? There is multiple types of priorities for an individual faces throughout his or her life. The examples of priorities is listed as the following; Getting a house in order each week, having a car well serviced and maintained often, being successful in all education, having a family, making time to spend some time with spouse and children, serving a mission before getting married, making friendships, going out with some friends in free time, etc.

You may get the idea. Preparing for things in advance can help you accomplish what you want to do. Prioritizing can help us to be organized.

"Focus on your priorities."

A priority that you may have the house in order each week. Each morning and each night, the dishes get washed. The floors get swept and mop on Wednesday and Saturday. Laundry gets done several times a week depending on how many clothes and items that needs to be washed. Vacuuming the carpet gets done either on Monday or Saturday. You will have clean dishes, clean floors, clean clothes to wear, and the carpet should be dust free.

There are some unfortunate woman around the world who aren't able to have children of their own. There are  multiple alternative options available for them.

Most Sundays, sometimes on Mondays; I always write down on a magnetic whiteboard of my plans and my husbands' including any upcoming birthdays for a relative, dinner meal plans on each day of the week. The magnetic whiteboard is attached to our fridge so that we will be able to have the chance to read the whiteboard each morning after we woke up for the day and each night before we go to sleep.

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Seek Learning Towards Job Opportunities

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening, 

this post should take approximately three to five minutes to read from start to finish.

I would like to inform you that this post is about jobs and job opportunities. If you are currently employed, you can continue reading. If you aren't currently employed, that's okay and you may decide to continue reading this post. 

Most individuals around the world are currently unemployed, self-employed, employed and retired. I don't have the statistics who's currently unemployed, self-employed, employed, and retired. I don't have approximate estimate either. There are many job opportunities around the world each day. 

When a job opportunity rises, the management team is constantly looking for and seeking what qualifies the best candidate or candidates suits best for their team. Some management team may look into considerations even the simple considerations. Considerations may be having months or even years worth of previous experience, having flexible availability to work, having the skills relating to the employment, etc. You may get the idea. 

Just remember don't ever give up and try your very best to not to feel discouraged whenever you don't hear anything, not even a word from the management team after applying for a job. You can always try and follow up either in person or via call about the position that you have applied for. It may prove the management team that you really care about the job.

Some management teams are are just seeking for a beginner to hire and willing to give chances for him or her to work for awhile. Hopefully one day eventually, that beginner may get a promotion at work and upskill their level in the industry. The management team can promote them into a management position or work in a different area of the workplace.

"The only way to do great work is to love
what you do" - Steve Jobs.

I remembered either on my twenty-first birthday or the next day when I got asked how I would feel to be a manager. I remembered how I felt, I accepted and I was working at that particular domino's store for almost twelve weeks and I got very excited. I was looking forward to having a new position. Sadly, the management got changed a week after and my hours dramatically dropped. 

I didn't thought that opportunity would come back again. I was employed at a different domino's. On my sixteenth day of being employed, the store manager messaged me to inform me that he has a new task for me. I was so eager to find out what it would be and I kept asking him questions. He didn't replied to my questions, but he mentioned to me that he wouldn't let me know about the new task until the next day at work. 

Could you imagine of restless sleep and getting roughly six hours sleep? All because you don't know whether that new job would be to work somewhere else or getting unexpected higher position promotion. Continue with the story. The next work day, I rocked up at work and I clocked in. I had many positive thoughts at the time because I know I won't be able fired. I didn't do anything wrong. 

The store manager approached to me, and he mentioned, I got a new position for you and you're a marketing manager. I was filled with joy and I honestly didn't see that opportunity come because I was ready to hear anything. He shared with me what the roles that I would have to fulfill as a marketing manager. I remembered when he mentioned that I can clock into work a few hours prior to my rostered shift and I can clock off work a few hours later than the rostered shift depending how busy it is. It was most definitely one way to get more hours to work during the week. It makes me so happy. I was able to be a marketing manager and a delivery driver at one store.

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Seek Learning Towards Your Career

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening, 

this post should take approximately three to five minutes to read from start to finish.

I would like to inform you that this post is about career and back-up career. If you currently have a career now or at least in your mind, you can continue reading. If you currently don't have a career now or at least in your mind, you may decide to continue reading this post.

The word "career" may be a massive topic to talk about for some people and whereas other people may think the word "career" doesn't even make sense to them. There are so many career choices around the world. You can be a store manager, a flight attendant, a electrician, a business owner, a zoo keeper, a manager at a fast food restaurant, a school teacher, a receptionist, a photographer, etc. You may have got the idea, there is so many options out there. You can be whatever you want to be and the choice is yours to do for a career. It is absolutely okay to keep changing careers after a career that you have tried didn't work out well for you.

Most careers requires education, experience and responsibility. Mistakes do happen and some considerations may have to be considered wisely. Courses for careers can be expensive, be aware of costs and hidden costs behind each course before studying.

"Whatever you decide to do, make sure it makes you happy."

Are you seeking learning towards your career today? Would you be seeking learning towards your career tomorrow if not today?

Have you ever worked out what is the best options that you can do to make your career successful in short-term? Have you ever worked out what is the best options that you can do to make your career successful in long-term? Do you think that you already have whatever it takes to be successful?

Have you considered about taking short-term courses that has either extra or the same amount of learning that would be useful for your career? Why not asking any friends and family for some help of advice or suggestions to help you choose a career if you haven't worked it out yet.

If you haven't been successful in your career, don't ever give up. Keep trying, believe in yourself that you can do it, and always remember to advise yourself out there.

I know for myself, I haven't studied for awhile and last year, I decided to do a self-reliance course. The course is called, "Starting and Growing My Business." The course is FREE, it has temporal perspective and it also has spiritual perspective for each chapter of the book. The course has helped me to acknowledge ways of how to maintain a profitable business one day, separating personal funds and business funds, be persistent of keeping customers, etc.

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Do you ever face trial of your faith?

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening, 

this post should take approximately three to five minutes to read from start to finish.

I would like to ask the following two questions and you can either ask yourself the following questions either now or in your own time. "Have you ever face trial of your faith?" "If yes, how have you face trial of your faith throughout your life so far?" This post is based on October 2012 General Conference talk and it's called, "Trial of Your Faith" by Elder Neil L. Andersen.

I would like to share with you some highlights while I was reading the talk and I hope you will be able to learn something new.

Elder Andersen mentioned, "Like the intense fire that transforms iron into steel, as we remain faithful during the fiery trial of our faith, we are spiritually refined and strengthened. ..  The gift of faith is a priceless spiritual endowment. .. We treasure our faith, work to strengthen our faith, pray for increased faith, and do all within our power to protect and defend our faith. The Apostle Peter identified something he called a “trial of your faith.” ..

These fiery trials are designed to make you stronger, but they have the potential to diminish or even destroy your trust in the Son of God and to weaken your resolve to keep your promises to Him. These trials are often camouflaged, making them difficult to identify. .. A real but manageable test for one can be a fiery trial for another.

How do you remain “steadfast and immovable” during a trial of faith? You immerse yourself in the very things that helped build your core of faith: you exercise faith in Christ, you pray, you ponder the scriptures, you repent, you keep the commandments, and you serve others.

"Dispute not because ye see not for ye receive
no witness until after the trial of your faith."
- Ether 12:6

When faced with a trial of faith whatever you do, you don’t step away from the Church! Distancing yourself from the kingdom of God during a trial of faith is like leaving the safety of a secure storm cellar just as the tornado comes into view. .. There is always a place for you here. No trial is so large we can’t overcome it together.

.. The leaders of the Church are honest but imperfect men. Remember the words of Moroni: “Condemn me not because of mine imperfection, neither my father … ; but rather give thanks unto God that he hath made manifest unto you our imperfections, that ye may learn to be more wise than we have been.”

.. President Ezra Taft Benson said, “Every [person] eventually is backed up to the wall of faith, and there … must make his stand.” Don’t be surprised when it happens to you! By definition, trials will be trying. There may be anguish, confusion, sleepless nights, and pillows wet with tears. But our trials need not be spiritually fatal. They need not take us from our covenants or from the household of God.

“Remember, … it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.”

.. With faith come trials of faith, bringing increased faith. .." If you would like to read the whole talk in your own time, here's the link www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2012/10/trial-of-your-faith

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May we feel the comfort during our trials and difficulties?

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening, 

this post should take approximately three to five minutes to read from start to finish.

Sometimes, I tend to forget how comfort feeling feels like. I'm sure that there would be other people agree with me. I always do my very best to remember the purposes of why I have given the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost can always provide comfort during difficult trials and difficulties when we allow it to happen. Each of us as individuals do go through trials and difficulties throughout our lives. I know all of us go through trials and challenges everyday

"Tests and trials are given to all of us. These mortal challenges allow us and
our Heavenly Father to see whether we will exercise our agency to follow his
son." - Robert D. Hales.

I know it isn't supposed to be easy for us to go through trials and difficulties. The Video is called: "Comfort in Trials: Power of the Holy Spirit"

If you can't see the video, here is the link below for the video.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbd6N_cBFtw 

Has the Holy Ghost has been a comforter to you through your trials?

How about, has the Holy Ghost has been a comforter to you through your difficulties?  

"I testify that I really liked the video of other people to say about how has the Spirit been a comfort to them. It is one of the many grateful things that I have in life to able to have the Holy Ghost. I know whenever I feel down or upset, I always do my best to acknowledge the comfort from the Holy Ghost. 

Individuals who has been inactive and less active from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints can feel comfort and the power of the Holy Ghost when they're willing to feel the comfort of the Holy Ghost. Converts and Investigators can also feel comfort and the power of the Holy Ghost during Church, during Missionary Discussions, etc.

In The Name of Jesus Christ. Amen."

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What should we look forward to after tribulations?

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening, 

this post should take approximately four to seven minutes to read from start to finish.

As individuals, we may or may not often forget why we face many difficulties and trials throughout our lives. Are we too caught up what the world expects of us to do? A.k.a are we following Satan's plan to feel misery and pain?

Do we acknowledge the blessings that comes sometime after we face a difficulty or a trial in our lives? Do we ever thank our father in Heaven for always being wherever we need him through gratitude prayer?

A few blessings comes straight away, some blessings comes sometime way after than we expected, and some blessings just doesn't come in this life.

At multiple times throughout some places where I've worked at, it would be raining very heavy. I often get scared and worried that I may get into a car accident. I also did worried about the drivers around me if they would crash into me because of them not driving safely in the conditions. I did remembered to pray for the rain to stop and eventually the rain stop. I felt disbelief at first and then I felt so much gratitude that the rain has stopped.

"For after much tribulation, come the blessings." - D&C 58:4.

This post is based on October 1979 General Conference talk and it is called, "After Much Tribulation, Come the Blessings" by Adney Y. Komatsu. I would like to share with you some highlights while I was reading the talk, I hope you learn something new as you read this post. I know that he has shared wonderful quotes throughout his talk.

"President Kimball stated: “The Lord has not promised us freedom from adversity or affliction. Instead, he has given us the avenue of communication known as prayer, whereby we might humble ourselves and seek his help and divine guidance, so that we could establish a house of prayer.”

President Kimball also said: “They who reach down into the depths of life where, in the stillness, the voice of God has been heard, have the stabilizing power which carries them poised and serene through the hurricane of difficulties” - Ensign, May 1979.

.. A few years ago in Japan, a stake was being organized from a mission district. In the course of an interview, the district president stated that he would shortly be moving to another city where he had accepted a promotion with his company to become the manager of their largest branch. But the Lord wanted this man to serve as the new stake president. He was called before the General Authority who inquired whether his superiors would reconsider the promotion and allow him to remain in the city where he might be able to serve his church in this very important position.

Immediately the district president stated that he had given his word to his superiors who had already made changes in all of the branches in the company, except in the branch that he was to supervise. He had asked for a delay of his assignment until after the organization of the stake. Notwithstanding this explanation, the General Authority asked the district president if he would be kind enough to contact his superiors with this request and then notify him of the results. Late that night I received a call from the district president.

His employer had been understandably dismayed by his request to remain in the city and reconsider the promotion. The company president asked him to seriously think again about his request and then to call him back in five minutes. In that short interval of time, he would be forced to make a decision that would affect the rest of his life. At that moment he called to ask my advice. My reply to him was that the Lord had sent one of his Apostles to organize a stake of Zion in Japan.

If he had to give his answer to the Lord himself, would it be any different? He thanked me, then called his employer. Early the next morning, he came to the mission home and was officially called as the new stake president. When the General Authority inquired about his status with the company, the district president responded that his promotion was canceled and that he would have to accept whatever they decided to give him.

Before he left, the General Authority blessed this man and stated that although he would go through a period of trials and tribulations at work, the time would come when he would be called upon by his employer to help make great and important decisions for his company, because he had made a decision to serve the Lord rather than to accept personal gain. A few years later, this man still a stake president became the assistant to the president of his company, fulfilling the promise made by an Apostle of the Lord. How great is our reward as we faithfully endure our afflictions and sufferings of this life!

We are promised, as the Prophet Joseph was promised, “Thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment. .. 

Orson F. Whitney said: “No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God … and it is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire and which will make us more like our Father and Mother in heaven” - cited in Spencer W. Kimball, Faith Precedes the Miracle, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1972.

May we endure our trials and sufferings well. May we look to the Lord with faith in his righteous judgment ..
If you would like to read this talk in your own time, here's the link below.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1979/10/after-much-tribulation-come-the-blessings

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How to live by faith, and not fear?

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening,
this post should take approximately five to eight minutes to read from start to finish.

I would like to encourage you to ask yourself the following question either now or in your own time.
"What's your true definition of faith?"

This post is based on a Ensign article from July 2013 and it is called, "A Time for Faith, Not Fear." by Elder Larry W. Gibbons. I would like to share with you some highlights while I was reading the article and I hope you will learn something new.

Elder Gibbons mentioned, “Be not afraid, only believe” is wonderful, reassuring counsel for all of us. But how can we have faith when the storms of life beat all about us? How can we strengthen our faith when anxiety and fear begin to dominate our thinking and erode our faith in God and our confidence in the future? I offer some reminders and suggestions I hope we will remember in difficult times.

Trials and difficulties are a necessary part of life and not a sign that the Lord has forgotten us or is displeased with us. Life is a test. Trials may come even if we are seeking to put the Lord first in our lives. One of the reasons we are here on earth is to strengthen our faith. Difficult, dark days are a necessary part of life and give us an opportunity to build our faith and learn to rely on a power far greater than our own.

“Lift up thine eyes”
When your difficulties seem overwhelming, look up, not down. When sadness and despair start to get a foothold, remember this: the Atonement of Jesus Christ did more than overcome physical and spiritual death. Yes, we will all be resurrected, and all of us have the opportunity to be forgiven of our sins as we repent and exercise faith in Jesus Christ.

But as wonderful as the gifts of resurrection and repentance are, the Atonement is much more. Through the Atonement we can receive strength to meet the most difficult trials of life. When we look up to the Savior, we can be strengthened beyond our own abilities and beyond what we can envision with our mortal understanding.

We must live by faith, and not by fear." - Elder Quentin L. Cook.

God has armed you for your trials.
You have the gift of the Holy Ghost, and you have the right to receive revelation every day. At times revelation may not come as quickly as you might like because the Lord gives us opportunities to grow and develop our abilities according to His knowledge of us and what we need, but He will guide us through the Holy Ghost. And if we are worthy, He will not let us go very far in the wrong direction without warning us.

Turn the matter over to the Lord and wait patiently.
Sometimes after we have fasted, prayed, and done all we can do to dispel clouds that have not parted; after we have gone into the dark and expected further light that has not appeared; after we have lived the commandments through difficulties that remain unrelenting we simply need to turn things over to our Heavenly Father.

I would like to encourage you to the read the whole talk in your own time. Here is the link below.
www.lds.org/ensign/2013/07/a-time-for-faith-not-fear

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