I believe there are two ways to handle anything: Face it or Avoid it.
We can rise up to the challenge and actually try to work things out. Or we can shrink back and accept the consequences of letting things unfold as they are.
Let me give an example of my current situation.
I just moved and with the need to pay rent next month I find myself penniless. The student loan was not what I expected it to be, and now I cannot pay rent. The decision now is to stand up and work or abandon ship and give up to go back home a failure. The road to stay and endure through any trial will ALWAYS BE THE HARDER than quitting. That is why you always become stronger. Because you are handling something that you normally couldn't. So the Lord needs to help you become stronger to deal with the harder challenges of life.
Quitting is the easy way out.
Enduring is the way to empowerment.
This is all because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
Which has more than one purpose. The Atonement not only saves us from death, but also enables us to become better people. It changes us and defies all things.
I would always compare the Atonement to a bridge and ladder helping us on our path to Heavenly Father.
There are TWO obstacles on our path. Physical death and Spiritual death.
1. We will all die, but because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ we will all be saved. EVERYONE WILL BE RESURRECTED NO MATTER WHAT. Good or bad, we will all live forever. That is the bridge that takes us over physical death. It is a free gift paid for by Jesus Christ through the Atonement and it applies to everyone that was, is and will live on earth.
HOW we will live is entirely dependent on the next part.
2. We all sin and we are all accountable for our OWN sins. When we sin, we further ourselves from God and this is known as Spiritual Death. That is the second obstacle. We cannot get ourselves out accept through repentance. Christ suffered for us so that we wouldn't have to. When we believe in him, repent and come unto him we overcome that obstacle of spiritual death. He already suffered for all of the sins of the world. All we have to do is accept that and believe in him. Then do we receive strength in trials and forgiveness in our despair. He LOVES us and wants to help us. The only thing stopping us from accessing the power of the Atonement is ourselves. When we repent we are choosing Him and He will always be there to help us. Because His power and grace towards us is infinite.
Ether 12:27 "I will turn weaknesses into strengths"
This is true. I saw it happen again and again in my own life and in other's lives on my mission. It doesn't matter what language you speak or who you are. We are all the same to God and our worth to Him is greater than we know. He created us so that we could be happy, and how amazing is that in itself?
We are here for a reason.
What we do in this life matters.
We all matter.
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