Come What May, and Love It

A little while before Elder Wirthlin passed away he gave a talk in conference titles "Come what may and Love it". In that talk he talks about all the trials and adversity we have in life and how to deal with them. Cause lets be honest they come to all of us. He mentions three ways that we can deal with these things better. First, learn to laugh! What a good bit of advice. I have found so much in my life and especially on my mission that when tough times come, or maybe when your having a bad day that if you can just laugh and put a smile on everything will be ok. Second, seek the eternal! If we could only realize why we are having these struggles. In the moment obviously it is going to be hard, but we have to know that God knows our situation and knows what is going on. And third, The principle of Compensation! During the talk he makes the comment that "the lord compensates the faithful for every loss" he also mentions that every tear somebody sheds in this life (if they are faithful) will be rewarded 100 fold. You'll have to go check it out yourself and its at the bottom of this post. It really is awesome. Lately we have been working with this less active member here in Greece who just barely found out her hunband has been cheating on her for months. Such a sad deal and she is really struggling. You might ask, as did she "how in the world could you look at this good?" Its a very good question. In D&C section 121 and 122 Joseph Smith is in Libery Jail and is just living in terrible circumstances and a terrible environment. To start off the section Joseph asks "God, where art thou?" as did this young gal we are working with and I am sure many of us have as well when these things happen in our lives. But there is a cool promise at the end of this section. Its after a whole listing of bad things that could happen and it says "and above all, if the very jaws of ^dhell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee ^eexperience, and shall be for thy good." Even if the Jaws of hell. Thats pretty profound and I really do know this to be true. It will all be ok and God truly knows our situation and will bless us. Stay positive and trust in God! He is there and he knows YOU personally. Go check out this video. Its really good! http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?autoplay=true&index=5&locale=0&sourceId=d513b0333ee92210VgnVCM100000176f620a____&vgnextoid=bd163ca6e9aa3210VgnVCM1000003a94610aRCRD