Through suffering Jesus Christ was made perfect. We have trials so
that we might get close to Heavenly Father, who is perfect.
It is recorded that Jesus was made perfect through suffering. If he was made perfect through suffering, why should we imagine for one moment that we can be prepared to enter into the kingdom of rest with him and the Father, without passing through similar ordeals? (Brigham Young,Discourses of Brigham Young, sel. John A. Widtsoe [1941], 346).
This quote hits my heart hard, because I don't want to pray for trials. Most of my prayers consist of help me with this, bless this, protect this, help this person, and so on. I topically don't ask for opposition, pain, or to be forsaken. I think it is the hardest thing to ask is for a trial. I know what the benefits from trials are. We build patients, charity, humility, love, devotion, understanding, and faith. As trial end, we can see ourselves as a new person. However, somehow we don't like suffering. Only one time in my life that I prayed for a trial, and it was the hardest, longest trial I have ever went through. Though, I learned things about myself that helped me make difficult decision, to deeply love, and understand their suffering. I know how it feels when there is nobody to turn, but the Lord. It's the most humbling experiences is when you throw yourself in His arms, with little faith that you have that He is there to catch you. Sometime all you can do is to pray and pray, hoping that somewhere in the world he is preparing a way for an "exit." I grew closer to the spirit. I know who He is. I understand atonement more clearer. I understand how powerful the temple can be. I understand why I need to visit the temple more often. Jesus Christ does reside there. You can be healed from the most dramatic experiences in your life through the temple. Give any problem to the Lord, and he will take care of it.
How can you and I really expect to glide naively through life as if to say, “Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!” (Neal A. Maxwell,Ensign, May 1991, 88).
It is recorded that Jesus was made perfect through suffering. If he was made perfect through suffering, why should we imagine for one moment that we can be prepared to enter into the kingdom of rest with him and the Father, without passing through similar ordeals? (Brigham Young,Discourses of Brigham Young, sel. John A. Widtsoe [1941], 346).
This quote hits my heart hard, because I don't want to pray for trials. Most of my prayers consist of help me with this, bless this, protect this, help this person, and so on. I topically don't ask for opposition, pain, or to be forsaken. I think it is the hardest thing to ask is for a trial. I know what the benefits from trials are. We build patients, charity, humility, love, devotion, understanding, and faith. As trial end, we can see ourselves as a new person. However, somehow we don't like suffering. Only one time in my life that I prayed for a trial, and it was the hardest, longest trial I have ever went through. Though, I learned things about myself that helped me make difficult decision, to deeply love, and understand their suffering. I know how it feels when there is nobody to turn, but the Lord. It's the most humbling experiences is when you throw yourself in His arms, with little faith that you have that He is there to catch you. Sometime all you can do is to pray and pray, hoping that somewhere in the world he is preparing a way for an "exit." I grew closer to the spirit. I know who He is. I understand atonement more clearer. I understand how powerful the temple can be. I understand why I need to visit the temple more often. Jesus Christ does reside there. You can be healed from the most dramatic experiences in your life through the temple. Give any problem to the Lord, and he will take care of it.
How can you and I really expect to glide naively through life as if to say, “Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!” (Neal A. Maxwell,Ensign, May 1991, 88).
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