"For verily I say unto you, blessed is he that keepeth my commandments, whether in life or in death; and he that is faithful in tribulation, the reward of the same is greater in the kingdom of heaven.
Ye cannot behold with your natural eyes, for the present time, the design of your God concerning those things which shall come hereafter, and the glory which shall follow after much tribulation.
For after much tribulation come the blessings. Wherefore the day cometh that ye shall be crowned with much glory; the hour is not yet, but is nigh at hand."
Doctrine and Covenants 58:2-4
Tribulation is not something we typically look forward to, but these verses make it clear that it is part of God's design, and that we just can't imagine the good, glory, and blessings that God has in store for us. Our tribulations will seem like small things compared to that.
And yet, they don't seem like small things now. And God gets that. In the first verse of this selection he mentions that we're blessed when we keep the commandments, and *more* blessed when we are faithful in tribulation. I think that makes it clear that when we fall apart, which we all do sometimes when things are especially hard, that we aren't cursed, and we aren't failures--but he gives us hope that when we learn to do better and to have more faith, we'll have access to more blessings, and grow closer to our potential.
Today, let's trust that God knows what he is doing with our lives and that he has everything good in store for us. Let's endure our tribulation with as much faith as we can muster, hoping for the guaranteed better to come. :)
Ye cannot behold with your natural eyes, for the present time, the design of your God concerning those things which shall come hereafter, and the glory which shall follow after much tribulation.
For after much tribulation come the blessings. Wherefore the day cometh that ye shall be crowned with much glory; the hour is not yet, but is nigh at hand."
Doctrine and Covenants 58:2-4
Tribulation is not something we typically look forward to, but these verses make it clear that it is part of God's design, and that we just can't imagine the good, glory, and blessings that God has in store for us. Our tribulations will seem like small things compared to that.
And yet, they don't seem like small things now. And God gets that. In the first verse of this selection he mentions that we're blessed when we keep the commandments, and *more* blessed when we are faithful in tribulation. I think that makes it clear that when we fall apart, which we all do sometimes when things are especially hard, that we aren't cursed, and we aren't failures--but he gives us hope that when we learn to do better and to have more faith, we'll have access to more blessings, and grow closer to our potential.
Today, let's trust that God knows what he is doing with our lives and that he has everything good in store for us. Let's endure our tribulation with as much faith as we can muster, hoping for the guaranteed better to come. :)
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