9 Believe in God; believe that he is, and that he created all things, both in heaven and in earth; believe that he has all wisdom, and all power, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend~ Mosiah 4:9
“Meanwhile how can there be refining fires without heat? Or greater patience without some instructive waiting? How can we develop empathy without first bearing one another’s burdens? Not only that burdens may be lightened, but that we may thereby be enlightened by developing greater empathy. How can we increase individual faith without some customized uncertainty? How can we live in cheerful security without some insecurity?
How can there be later magnification without some present deprivation? Except we are thus tutored how else shall we grow spiritually to become the men and women of Christ? In this brief mortality, therefore, reveries (fanciful meditation – daydreaming) are rudely elbowed aside by tutoring adversities! Meanwhile, as faithful children, the challenge is: Will we prove ourselves, in King Benjamin’s phrase,”willing to submit?” (see Mosiah 3:19) ~Elder Neal A. Maxwell of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, ‘Children of Christ’, BYU fireside address, 4 February 1990
The above causes me to take a second look and not wish away the lessons the Lord sends to me or that I bring upon myself. Both cause me to look more deeply at my trust in and relationship with my Savior. He has all the answers. My part is to patiently wait, yet earnestly seek His instruction. kdm
first posted 10.14.15
