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"Many of you are now passing through physical,
mental, and emotional trials
that could cause you to cry out,
'When I've tried all my life to be good,
why has this happened to me?'
Now I wish to encourage those
who in the midst of hard trials
who feel their faith may be fading
under the onslaught of troubles.
There seems to me no better answer
to the question of why trials come,
and what we are to do,
than the words of the Lord Himself,
who passed through trials for us
more terrible than we can imagine.
You may have seen the need for that foundation as I have,
at the bedside of someone ready to give up the fight
to endure to the end.
If the foundation of faith is not embedded in our hearts,
the power to endure will crumble.
[Mother yelling to her son]
Moroni, the son of Mormon in the Book of Mormon told us how.
He teaches the simple and sweet truth
that acting on even a twig of faith
allows God to grow it.
That particle of faith --most precious--
which you should protect,
and use to whatever extent you can,
is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
You and I have faith,
that the way to rise through and above trials,
is to believe that there is a Balm in Gilead,
and that the Lord has promised,
'I will not forsake thee.'
Curing does not come automatically
through the passage of time,
but it does take time.
Getting older does not do it alone,
it is serving God
and others persistently
with full heart and soul
that turns testimony of truth
into unbreakable spiritual strength.
If we have faith in Jesus Christ,
the hardest, as well as the easiest of times
in life can be a blessing.
In all conditions all we can choose the right with the guidance of the spirit.
We have the gospel of Jesus Christ shape and guide our lives if we choose it.
We never need to feel that we are alone or unloved in the Lord's service
because we never are.
We can feel the love of God.
The Savior has promised angels are on our left and on our right
to bear us up, and He always keeps His word.
His love is unfailing
I so testify,
in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."