We are keenly aware of many in our circle of family and friends. They too, are in a crisis mode as they deal with health issues, life and death situations, financial woes, and pain. please know that our prayers are sent heaven ward on your behalf also.
Many years ago I read an Orson F. Whitney quote that plunged into the core of my heart. I typed it, laminated numerous copies and have sent it across the world as occasion dictates. Today, I send it back to myself and all who are reading this blog. I endorse it and know it to be true. (Grandma T)
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.
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.
Thank you for that wonderful quote. It reminds me of a quote I read in the February 2009 Ensign that really meant a lot to me. The quote is by Elder George Q. Cannon:
ReplyDelete"The Saints should always remember that God sees not as man sees; that he does not willingly afflict his children, and that if he requires them to endure present privation and trial, it is that they may escape greater tribulations which would otherwise inevitably overtake them. If He deprives them of any present blessing, it is that he may bestow upon them greater and more glorious ones by-and-by."
(The whole article, "The Blessing of the Blackberry Bush" is very good, and is on page 53.)