The Savior suffered so that we need not suffer. “Therefore I command you to repent—repent, lest I smite you by the rod of my mouth, and by my wrath, and by my anger, and your sufferings be
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Suffering is an integral part of life. Once we understand this we no longer need to be upset when we suffer; rather we can seek to find the meaning in our suffering. We can choose our attitude towa
However, not all suffering is caused by sin. One terrible event in the Book of Mormon partially explains why innocent people can suffer. “For behold the Lord receiveth them [martyrs and other
“It must needs be that there was an opposition; even the forbidden fruit in opposition to the tree of life; the one being sweet and the other bitter” (2 Ne. 2:15). If Adam and Eve had n
People often ask the question, “Why must we suffer?” Philosophers and many others have been debating that same question for ages. Even in the pre-earth life, I believe the question was
Quoting Elder Holland again from the October 2008 General Conference:“In the course of life all of us spend time in ‘dark and dreary’ places, wildernesses, circumstances of sorrow
For those feeling lost, who are struggling and sorrowed, Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin stated at the October 2008 General Conference:You may feel singled out when adversity enters your life. You shake y
The Lord told Abraham, “I have purposed to take thee away out of Haran, and to make of thee a minister to bear my name in a strange land which I will give unto thy seed after thee for an ever
Entering the wilderness is not usually easy, even for the righteous who know of and believe in the promised blessings. Even Sariah complained for a time to Lehi: “Behold thou hast led us fort
“Time passed away with us, and also our lives passed away like as it were unto us a dream, we being a lonesome and a solemn people, wanderers, cast out from Jerusalem, born in tribulation, in