Thank you for helping to make this subject easier to understand. Agreeing with it in principle - on paper - so to speak, is one thing. Experiences along the lines of Amaleki's is another :)
The quote from President Hugh B. Brown especially resonated with me: “Let us remember . . . that each of us is being tested, just as the finest cars and planes are tested before they are put into service. They are tested for weaknesses; they are tested for flaws....."
Rhonda L WilliamsAugust 22, 2018
Trials, in my opinion, come from three sources. First, the poor use of our agency, Second, the poor use of agency by others, and third we live in a mortal world and bad things happen to good people. It isn't the "why" of what happens but the "how" we are going to handle each trial that comes our way.
Shelley HinchAugust 20, 2018
I was in a horrible bicycle accident eight years ago and sustained a spinal cord injury. I’m able to walk but am limited. I have nerve damage throughout my body. I think a deer ran out in front of me. I don’t remember for sure because I lost consciousness when I hit the ground. I had bone spurs in my neck that pushed into my spinal cord when I landed.
I don’t think for one minute Heavenly Father said “I think I’ll ruin Shelley’s life and take away something she loves just to “test” her.” Stuff just happens. However, He is who has helped me pick up the pieces.
RandyAugust 20, 2018
Some of our trials are caused when we make poor decisions. We are free to choose, but not free to choose the consequences of those choices. Some people have to run into the brick wall many times before they learn to use the door.
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EvelynMay 2, 2019
Thank you for helping to make this subject easier to understand. Agreeing with it in principle - on paper - so to speak, is one thing. Experiences along the lines of Amaleki's is another :) The quote from President Hugh B. Brown especially resonated with me: “Let us remember . . . that each of us is being tested, just as the finest cars and planes are tested before they are put into service. They are tested for weaknesses; they are tested for flaws....."
Rhonda L WilliamsAugust 22, 2018
Trials, in my opinion, come from three sources. First, the poor use of our agency, Second, the poor use of agency by others, and third we live in a mortal world and bad things happen to good people. It isn't the "why" of what happens but the "how" we are going to handle each trial that comes our way.
Shelley HinchAugust 20, 2018
I was in a horrible bicycle accident eight years ago and sustained a spinal cord injury. I’m able to walk but am limited. I have nerve damage throughout my body. I think a deer ran out in front of me. I don’t remember for sure because I lost consciousness when I hit the ground. I had bone spurs in my neck that pushed into my spinal cord when I landed. I don’t think for one minute Heavenly Father said “I think I’ll ruin Shelley’s life and take away something she loves just to “test” her.” Stuff just happens. However, He is who has helped me pick up the pieces.
RandyAugust 20, 2018
Some of our trials are caused when we make poor decisions. We are free to choose, but not free to choose the consequences of those choices. Some people have to run into the brick wall many times before they learn to use the door.
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