Faith and Trials

It's been a while since I have written. I actually should even be blogging because I should be studying for a test; however, I was thinking about one of my friends whose family is going through some really rough time. It involves cancer.

It is tough (and the word "tough" is not strong enough to describe this kind of a situation) when the concept of death is close in your life. It's hard to accept that someone so close to you and someone whom you love so dearly could leave you in this mortal life.

We understand that we should have faith in Jesus Christ and in His Atonement. We know that through faith, all things can be accomplish. We know that faith is what motivates us to do good. However, when trials come in our lives, we waiver and start to doubt.

People always tell us to have faith when trials come. However, they don't explain why we should have faith. They don't explain how faith could help us. I do not claim to understand faith 100%. However, I do believe that faith is essential in our lives and especially when we are going through trials. If there is anything you take away from reading this, it should be this: FAITH DOES NOT MAKE TRIALS GO AWAY OR MAKE THEM EASY; IT STRENGTHENS US SO THAT WE CAN BEAR THEM AND MOVE FORWARD.

Faith has effects on US, not trials or tribulations. Why? When we have faith; we trust God, we believe in Christ, we believe Christ, we believe in the Atonement, and we believe in the Plan of God. We know that life moves on. Even when a person passes on, it's not the end of life, of us, nor of that person. Life moves on. We move on (but we still keep that person alive in us). The deceased moves on to the next life and waits for that happy moment to receive a perfect body and to stand before God the Father to be judged. It is not the end. Knowing this and believing in this gives us faith. And somehow, by God's power, trials don't seem so bad anymore. They seem so easy to us. They seem so bearable.