Mental and Emotional Strength

It has been prophesied in the last days men's hearts will deceive them.  Because of this prophesy I have often sought for directions to find strength.  I know and am aware of the turbulent times we live in, but I also know that it is through the Lord that we can find strength and power to overcome the great deceiver.  So much around us causes confusion, yet we are promised if we rely on the Holy Ghost to know truth we can know all thins.  He can bring us comfort and strength through trials which are necessary for our growth.  We also can find assurance through painful experiences and struggle that is due to sin or others choices.  We must not let our emotional struggles overcome our faith.

Supporting Quotes:

1.      Elder D. Todd Christofferson- April 2015 General Conference “Why Marriage, Why Family” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/why-marriage-why-family?lang=eng -“Much that is good, much that is essential- even sometimes all that is necessary for now- can be achieved in less than ideal circumstances.  So many of you are doing your very best. And when you who bear the heaviest burdens of mortality stand up in defense of God’s plan to exalt his children, we are all ready to march.”

2.      Pres. Dieter F. Uchtdorf – April 2014 General Conference “Grateful in Any Circumstances” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/04/grateful-in-any-circumstances?lang=eng “When we are grateful to God in our circumstances, we can experience gentle peace in the midst of tribulation. In grief, we can still lift up our hearts in praise. In pain, we can glory in Christ’s Atonement. In the cold of bitter sorrow, we can experience the closeness and warmth of heaven’s embrace.

3.      Pres. Dieter F. Uchtdorf – April 2012 General Conference “The Merciful Obtain Mercy” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2012/04/the-merciful-obtain-mercy?lang=eng “The more we allow the love of God to govern our minds and emotions—the more we allow our love for our Heavenly Father to swell within our hearts—the easier it is to love others with the pure love of Christ. As we open our hearts to the glowing dawn of the love of God, the darkness and cold of animosity and envy will eventually fade.

4.      Pres. Dieter F. Uchtdorf – April 2012 General Conference “The Merciful Obtain Mercy” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2012/04/the-merciful-obtain-mercy?lang=eng “The pure love of Christ can remove the scales of resentment and wrath from our eyes, allowing us to see others the way our Heavenly Father sees us: as flawed and imperfect mortals who have potential and worth far beyond our capacity to imagine.”

5.      Pres. Thomas S. Monson – October 2014 General Conference “Ponder the Path of Thy Feet” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/10/ponder-the-path-of-thy-feet?lang=eng “As we examine the path Jesus walked, we will see it took Him through many of the same challenges we ourselves will face in life.” 

6.      Pres. Thomas S. Monson – April 2015 General Conference “The Blessings of the Temple” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/blessings-of-the-temple?lang=eng “As we attend the temple, there can come to us a dimension of spirituality and a peace which will transcend any other feeling which can come into the human heart. “Such peace can permeate any heart- hearts that are troubled, hearts that are burdened sown with grief, hearts that feel confusion, hearts that plead for help.”

7.      Elder Jeffrey R. Holland – October 2013 General Conference “Like A Broken Vessel” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/10/like-a-broken-vessel?lang=eng “For caregivers, in your devoted effort to assist with another’s health, do not destroy your own. In all these things be wise. Do not run faster than you have strength. 7 Whatever else you may or may not be able to provide, you can offer your prayers and you can give “love unfeigned.” 8 “Charity suffereth long, and is kind; … [it] beareth all things, … hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth.”

8.      Elder Jeffrey R. Holland – October 2013 General Conference “Like A Broken Vessel” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/10/like-a-broken-vessel?lang=eng “Trust in God. Hold on in His love. Know that one day the dawn will break brightly and all shadows of mortality will flee. Though we may feel we are “like a broken vessel,” as the Psalmist says, 10 we must remember, that vessel is in the hands of the divine potter. Broken minds can be healed just the way broken bones and broken hearts are healed. While God is at work making those repairs, the rest of us can help by being merciful, nonjudgmental, and kind.”

9.      Elder Holland – October 2009 General Conference “Safety for the Soul” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2009/10/safety-for-the-soul?lang=eng

Love. Healing. Help. Hope. The power of Christ to counter all troubles in all times—including the end of times. That is the safe harbor God wants for us in personal or public days of despair. That is the message with which the Book of Mormon begins, and that is the message with which it ends, calling all to “come unto Christ, and be perfected in him.”

10.  Elder Neil L. Andersen- April 2014 General Conference “Spiritual Whirlwinds” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/04/spiritual-whirlwinds?lang=eng “He made your spirit strong and capable of being resilient to the whirlwinds of life. The whirlwinds in your youth, like the wind against a young tree, can increase your spiritual strength, preparing you for the years ahead.”