"If you feel like you don't measure up, remember the Savior doesn't expect you to be perfect immediately. He simply asks you to be willing to do your best. He sees you and knows your heart."
I think of that every time I have to teach my gospel doctrine lesson and lead the choir.
And what I learned today:
"Trusting in the Lord includes trusting in His timing and requires patience and endurance that outlast the storms of life. In a paradoxical way, afflictions and sorrow prepare us to experience joy if we will trust in the Lord and His plan for us. The good news of the gospel is not the promise of a life free of sorrow and tribulation but a life full of purpose and meaning - a life where our sorrows and afflictions can be "swallowed up in the joy of Christ."
If we are faithful in keeping our covenants, we too will one day arrive safely home and will bow before the Lord and shed tears of joy for the multitude of His tender mercies in our lives, including the sorrows that made space for more joy.
Happy Sabbath everyone!!!!
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