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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Enjoy beautiful statues, exhibits, and gardens.
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May 18, 2026 12:00 PM MDT
The video is hosted by Danor Gerald, an actor and Latter-day Saint convert.
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May 13, 2026 10:47 AM MDT
“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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January 14, 2019 01:26 PM MST
More than a decade after it was announced and two millennia after Peter and Paul preached here, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opened the doors Monday to its stunning new Rome Italy Temple.
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January 14, 2019 01:06 PM MST
Two months after the Camp Fire savagely claimed an entire community here, President Russell M. Nelson surveyed the ashes of Paradise on Sunday and spoke to the community’s Latter-day Saint residents about loss — his and theirs.
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January 14, 2019 12:41 PM MST
Public tours begin this month for the Rome Italy Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Italy, the Church’s 162nd operating temple in the world.
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January 12, 2019 07:00 PM MST
On January 12, 2019, Church spokesman Irene Caso released the following statement:
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January 12, 2019 05:45 PM MST
A man is accused of kidnapping four church missionaries Friday night after he forced them at gunpoint to walk to a gas station to get money when they told him they had none, police said.
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January 12, 2019 02:40 PM MST
Often, in my field of mental health counseling, I am asked by parents, “How do I teach my children about sex as well as morality?” to which I respond, “You don’t.” To such a statement I usually get bewildered looks. I quickly reply, “You teach them healthy sexuality, which is morality.”
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January 12, 2019 02:00 PM MST
We know we shouldn’t think about sin because “as [a man] thinketh in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7). So on what should we be focusing? Avoiding sin? Not really.
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January 12, 2019 12:58 PM MST
Elder Gerald Lund, emeritus General Authority Seventy, began writing his book The Coming of the Lord nearly 50 years ago. In the years since his book was published in 1971, Elder Lund has learned many more things about the Second Coming and has even seen some of the prophesied signs of the Savior’s Second Coming fulfilled. In this week’s episode of All In, Elder Lund sits down with host Morgan Jones to answer questions from Twitter users on the topic that he has studied for nearly half a century.
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January 11, 2019 10:47 PM MST
This excerpt originally appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of LDS Living magazine.
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