"And I, Moroni, will not deny the Christ; wherefore, I wander whithersoever I can for the safety of mine own life."
Moroni 1:3
If Moroni had been willing to deny the Christ, he wouldn't have had to run for his life, or to wander for years alone. We've been reading about the pioneers in Sunday School recently. If they had been willing to deny Christ and the truth of his gospel, their lives could have been much more comfortable, and they would have avoided heartbreak and terrible loss in so many cases. ... So why? Why *choose* suffering?
The reason of course is that it's true. Christ lives, and his gospel is true, and those facts are worth all the suffering that we endure for his name. I'm sure that it doesn't always feel like it at the time, but God can, and will, lift our burdens and make them light. He can, and will, bless us so much that we will look back on every pain and sorrow as completely worth it.
Today, if we are suffering for our beliefs, or for any other reason, let's remember the source of our hope, our faith, and our deliverance. Let's be like Moroni, like the pioneers, and like so many others throughout history. Let's stand up for Christ, and do what is right and good, no matter what. We will encounter obstacles on our journey, but the happy ending is ever before us, a true and enduring promise from God that someday we will rest from all troubles, and care, and sorrow (Alma 40:12).
Moroni 1:3
If Moroni had been willing to deny the Christ, he wouldn't have had to run for his life, or to wander for years alone. We've been reading about the pioneers in Sunday School recently. If they had been willing to deny Christ and the truth of his gospel, their lives could have been much more comfortable, and they would have avoided heartbreak and terrible loss in so many cases. ... So why? Why *choose* suffering?
The reason of course is that it's true. Christ lives, and his gospel is true, and those facts are worth all the suffering that we endure for his name. I'm sure that it doesn't always feel like it at the time, but God can, and will, lift our burdens and make them light. He can, and will, bless us so much that we will look back on every pain and sorrow as completely worth it.
Today, if we are suffering for our beliefs, or for any other reason, let's remember the source of our hope, our faith, and our deliverance. Let's be like Moroni, like the pioneers, and like so many others throughout history. Let's stand up for Christ, and do what is right and good, no matter what. We will encounter obstacles on our journey, but the happy ending is ever before us, a true and enduring promise from God that someday we will rest from all troubles, and care, and sorrow (Alma 40:12).
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