"Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy."
1 Peter 4:12-13
I think maybe we all think that are trials are strange things that happen to us. Believing as we often do that worlds revolve around us, it seems strange that anything should get in our way. :) We vary between believing that life should be perfectly smooth and that we are cursed with bad luck. In actuality though, our trials and temptations are "common to man" (1 Corinthians 10:13). Trials are something that we all go through, and a lesson that we all have to learn.
Even the most challenging of our trials is known to God, and something that he can help us with through the atonement. I think that is what the next verse is about. We can rejoice, knowing that we are partakers of that atonement, and that all things (even trials and afflictions) work together for good, when we are working with God (Romans 8:28; D&C 98:3). We can be happy knowing that we're part of God's plan, and his plan leads to a happy ending. :)
But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy."
1 Peter 4:12-13
I think maybe we all think that are trials are strange things that happen to us. Believing as we often do that worlds revolve around us, it seems strange that anything should get in our way. :) We vary between believing that life should be perfectly smooth and that we are cursed with bad luck. In actuality though, our trials and temptations are "common to man" (1 Corinthians 10:13). Trials are something that we all go through, and a lesson that we all have to learn.
Even the most challenging of our trials is known to God, and something that he can help us with through the atonement. I think that is what the next verse is about. We can rejoice, knowing that we are partakers of that atonement, and that all things (even trials and afflictions) work together for good, when we are working with God (Romans 8:28; D&C 98:3). We can be happy knowing that we're part of God's plan, and his plan leads to a happy ending. :)
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