And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; and there is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God. And now, behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God, without end. Amen."
2 Nephi 31:20-21
Some great reminders here for helping us know how to go forward. It isn't always easy to have hope and love in our hearts, but offering those things to us as a goal is a blessing, helping us not only to know what to strive for, but that God doesn't want to beat ourselves... or others... up, but that he wants us to have hope instead that we can all overcome ourselves and our challenges, with God's help.
I also like that God and Nephi tell us here that "this is the way." It's easy to lose the way, or think that God wants us to constantly struggle and sacrifice in a way where we can't be happy. There are obviously going to be struggles and sacrifice... hard times and things that we don't always understand, but he tells us here that we can rise above it. We can still have hope, and love, and joy. Endurance doesn't equal suffering. Just like in Alma 24:15, we can learn to be okay, and even cheerful, no matter what we are going through, as long as we rely on the Lord... doesn't mean that God is going to snap and solve all of our problems, but instead that with him, we can rise above anything.
Today, let's press forward positively, remembering that God wants us to be genuinely happy, and everything is pointing towards that, not some future filled with pain. :) Let's trust God and walk in his way.
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