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When Darlyn and Gilvert were married in the Manila Philippines Temple in 2007, they had no idea that eight years and three children later, their lives would change drastically.
At the end of WWII, Elder Benson was sent to Europe to assess the needs of the Saints. He says that as he stood in a meeting with 480 members, cold and half starved, he was impressed with the light of faith in their eyes. Many were in the last stages of starvation. All of them were suffering greatly from the cold and various kinds of privation. Yet none of them complained about their circumstances. Even in their extreme difficulty, they were living joyfully.
We are so grateful for the opportunity we will have to hear from prophets, apostles, and Church leaders again this weekend.
On Dec. 14, 2012, Adam Peter Lanza changed Alissa Parker's life forever when he entered Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, and fatally shot 26 people and then himself. Among those killed was Parker's 6-year-old daughter.
The point I'm trying to make, I guess, is this: I might not know HOW God is going to bring all of the pieces of my messy life into focus and make all of the brokenness right... but if God has used this method of teaching (namely, wandering and waiting) on prophets and disciples across the span of human history, then even if I'm confused and frustrated and my patience is wearing thin, I'm in good company.
I've lived much of my life deciding whether or not people deserved my compassion. And I had a fantastic formula for deciding this: if their challenges were easier than mine, then no compassion was given on my part.
MR says: What a sweet example of love that lasts through the ages.
Recently, the Deseret News carried a two-part story on Olivia Ekberg, an 18-year-old whose path to the Olympics led her down a road of psychological torment. But despite all she experienced, she still manages to find hope in Heavenly Father.