Savior

You know what? Trials are a part of this life. Big ones and little ones. And you know what else? They are custom made for each of us. And you know another thing? I am truly learning that my Savior and Brother Jesus Christ understands perfectly everything that we are going through. Elder Holland said "He knows the way out, and He knows the way up."

It is this truth that gives me so much strength. I won't go into personal detail, but I, like all of us, have something difficult in my life. The thing that makes it hard is that I will think that I have overcome it completely, and then everything crashes down again. It is a very quiet trial that I rarely talk about, mostly because other people cannot understand the pain it causes unless they have experienced it themselves. But He knows. He really does! He knows exactly how I feel and the emotions I experience. And most importantly, He can heal me. I know that healing is a process, a learning process, but I find great joy and peace in waiting upon the Lord.

I am grateful for my trials. I look back on them and I wouldn't trade the lessons they have taught me and the person they have helped me become for anything. My trials seem so small and insignificant compared to the truly heartbreaking things that so many people endure; but to my Shepherd they are not small. He is there, He understands, He loves us, He will heal and help us.