These past few months have been very enlightening. It's truly amazing how the Gospel of Jesus Christ can literally heal your heart. Life is always full of adversity, but its the enduring that truly makes us stronger people.
Emma Smith once said that " none of us are born with strength, we have to find it." That is so true. Today I watched "Emma Smith, My Story" for the first time, I knew that she endured her fair share of trials just from reading and learning about her over the years. But, this movie put so many things into perspective for me. She was and is a REAL person. She had so many righteous desires for herself, her Husband, children and the Saints. She saw so much suffering and pain in her life, and even if her spirit was broken she continued to have faith in Christ. She lost so many children during their infancy, she had to watch her husband go through his own trials, I am sure she may have felt so helpless seeing him in pain. There was one point in the movie when Joseph was taken from Nauvoo to be tried in Missouri, they took him in the middle of the night. Just seeing her sobbing and pleading with the Savior for Peace, for Joseph's safety, and seeing her recieve that peace was so comforting. It literally brought tears to my eyes. I feel as though I could have related to her in that moment, that moment where life may seem so bleak, and you feel hopeless, but then in those moments of prayer when you feel the love of our Savior and Heavenly Father. Its so wonderful. Words can't even describe those feelings unless you feel them for yourself. I feel as though I have made a new friend. Even though she lived 200 years before I did, I know that someday I will be able to meet her and Thank her for her strength and faith.
I just am so grateful to be on this earth, this journey is not always going to be easy, but, its going to be worth it. I love my Heavenly Father, and his Son Jesus Christ so much, and am so thankful for all the obstacles I have been faced with, because I have been able to draw closer to them in those moments. I know that no matter what, they are always there, and they allow us to go through trials so we can become more like them, so we can gain experience. I always remember my favorite scripture in the Doctrine and Covenants secton 58: 2-4
"2 For verily I say unto you, blessed is he that akeepeth my commandments, whether in life or in bdeath; and he that is cfaithful in dtribulation, the ereward of the same is greater in the kingdom of heaven.
3 Ye cannot behold with your natural aeyes, for the present time, the design of your God concerning those things which shall come hereafter, and the bglory which shall follow after much tribulation.
4 For after much atribulation come the bblessings. Wherefore the day cometh that ye shall be ccrowned with much dglory; the hour is not yet, but is nigh at hand. "
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