Does God really send us trials? A comforting truth about adversity

A life-threatening experience after the birth of my first baby led me to think more deeply about God’s role in hardships.
“This is a reason for all of us to rejoice and express gratitude for such a significant blessing.”
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This viral comedy creator says her emotional response all goes back to her own experience in Young Women.
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The annual gathering includes current and emeritus members of the Primary, Young Women, and Relief Society presidencies and councils.
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“I called my mom right after that to tell her something had changed.”
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The video is hosted by Danor Gerald, an actor and Latter-day Saint convert.
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“It felt like I was not just entering a holy place but a place that I had helped prepare for the Lord.”
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May 12, 2026 02:56 PM MDT
From a customized monogram to a thoughtful note, here are a few creative ways to say congrats.
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May 12, 2026 11:01 AM MDT
The Church will match and donate concert ticket revenue to trusted charities.
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May 11, 2026 03:13 PM MDT
“I thought I had to change my entire personality to be a good leader. Then, I learned a powerful lesson from Sister Jean B. Bingham.”
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August 17, 2021 07:32 PM MDT
When Stephen Dunham noticed his wife Kay was having memory lapses and often repeating herself, he grew concerned and they eventually began visiting doctors. As Kay was still young, the couple received many diagnoses before eventually confirming she had Alzheimer’s disease. The Liahona magazine shares that Stephen cared for Kay until she passed away from complication with the disease.
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August 17, 2021 07:00 PM MDT
Last Saturday, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the country of Haiti, leaving devastation and rubble in many cities and towns in the southern part of the country.
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August 17, 2021 05:23 PM MDT
Editor’s note: The following excerpt comes from a book about special witnesses of Jesus Christ. You can read this chapter in its entirety at truthwillprevail.xyz as well as other chapters as they are posted. This excerpt is republished here with permission.
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August 17, 2021 01:00 PM MDT
I walked into the ER and saw my husband in a wheelchair, slumped over, one eye drooping. I could tell immediately that he was having a stroke.
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August 16, 2021 05:43 PM MDT
It isn’t every day that the pope and an actor playing Jesus Christ meet in Rome. But that very thing happened on Wednesday, August 11, when Jonathan Roumie spoke with the pope in St. Peter’s Square.
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August 16, 2021 05:01 PM MDT
In a unique decision from the Church, the Tonga Nuku’alofa Mission was recently divided to enable local missionaries to serve in Tonga while overseas assignments are not possible due to the pandemic.
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August 16, 2021 04:37 PM MDT
When 97-year-old Ida Gigger told her kidney specialist, Dr. Fahim Rahim, that she hoped to live long enough to see the opening of the new Pocatello Idaho Temple, he felt it would take a miracle. Gigger had been diagnosed with kidney cancer and it seemed likely she would pass as a result of the illness.
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August 16, 2021 12:00 PM MDT
Early next month, Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Sister Susan Bednar, will be the featured guests at a Face to Face for young adults. The theme for this special Face to Face event will be “Ask, Seek, Knock.”
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August 14, 2021 11:00 AM MDT
At the beginning of her new book, One Breath at a Time, Gabrielle Shiozawa writes of her confidence that her dad would be healed as his body began to experience heart failure.
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