LESSON FROM LIBERTY JAIL #1

 

Everyone Faces Trying Times -

“The righteous will be called upon to face trying times. When that happens we can sometimes fear God has abandoned us. When suffering, we may in fact be nearer to God than we’ve ever been in our entire lives. When what has to be has been and when what lessons to be learned have been learned, it will be for us as it was for the Prophet Joseph. Just at the time he felt most alone and distant from heaven’s ear was the very time he received the wonderful ministration of the Spirit and wonderful, glorious answers that came from His Father in Heaven.

“Even though seemingly unjust circumstances may be heaped upon us and even though unkind and unmerited things may be done to us – perhaps by those we consider enemies but also, in some cases, by those whom we thought were friends – nevertheless, through it all, God is with us.”

-          Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, “Lessons From Liberty Jail” BYU Speeches,7 Sept 2008

 

The winds of tribulation scatter my hopes

Like feathers they lift to the sky.

They find You there

ever waiting to answer my pleas;

To restore that which is lost,

To renew that which is broken.

I stand amazed at Your love, Your care:

Your everlasting token.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Comforted by Lester Yocum)