“… God didn’t design us to be sad. He created us to have joy! (2 Nephi 2:25) So if we trust Him, He will help us to notice the good, bright, hopeful things of life. And sure enough, (our) world will become brighter. No, it doesn’t happen instantly, but honestly, how many good things do?
…“I discovered faith. And faith led to hope. And faith and hope gave me confidence that one day everything would make sense, that because of the Savior, all the wrongs would be made right. After that, I saw that the path before me wasn’t as dreary and dusty as I had thought.
“Faith in the Savior taught me that no matter what happened in the past, my story could have a happy ending.” “How do you know that?” Eva asked. Aunt Rose turned a page in her Bible and said, “It says it right here: ‘God … will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.’”(Revelation 21:3-4)
…“Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” (1 Corinthians 2:9)
…But wait a minute,” (Eva) said. “Are you saying that being happy means just looking forward to happiness in the future? Is all our happiness in eternity? Can’t some of it happen now?”
“Oh, of course it can!” Aunt Rose exclaimed. “Dear child, now is part of eternity. It doesn’t only begin after we die! Faith and hope will open your eyes to the happiness that is placed before you. “I know a poem that says, ‘Forever—is composed of Nows,’ (in Final Harvest: Emily Dickinson’s Poems)
For much more wisdom see ‘A Story with Great-Aunt Rose‘ by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Conference General Women’s Session, September 26, 2015
