I was watching this Mormon message by Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, entitled come what may and love it.. http://www.lds.org/pages/mormon-messages?lang=eng#come-what-may-love-it. I learned a lot from this Mormon message. The first thing that he says in this is to laugh instead of groan. I loved the example he gave of the driver who got mad at some other driver because that driver cut him off. We shouldn't get mad at people. We should love them. Just like Matthew 22:39 says "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self." Another scripture that talks about love is John 5:12. This says "This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you." One more scripture that talks about love is Matthew 5:44-45. This says "But I say unto you love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you. That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." I love this last scripture because it talks about loving your enemies, bless them, and do good to them. I love this because we deal with trolls everyday. However we should not complain or groan about them. We should love, care and pray for them. We should do what Elder Wirthlin said to laugh about it, because when we groan the spirit goes away and Satan comes into our lives. I know I hate it when that happens. I loved the second thing he said we can do which is to seek for the eternal. When facing a problem we should pray about it. Jesus Christ suffered greatly. He knows what we are going through. He understands our suffering and grief. If we pray to Heavenly Father He will help us out with whatever I need. I remember praying to Heavenly Father when I got a letter from my Grandma saying she thought Andrew was back to his old habits. When I got this letter I remember that I felt sad. I remember then and there I said a prayer to Heavenly Father asking him to help me out, and to get through this. All though my brother was possible back to his old habbits I still love him.The third thing he talked about doing is understanding the principle of compensation. I think this means that all though we go through trials, we will get blessings from them. This is also talking about having faith. I know I had to have a lot of faith when I heard that my brother was possibly back to his old habits. The fourth thing we can do is put our trust in our Heavenly Father and His son Jesus Christ. Heavenly Father will help us out with problems that we are having. Just like my brother. I prayed to Heavenly Father to help me to get through it and He did. He will help anybody out with their trials that they are having. I loved the last thing that Elder Wirthlin said which was to put your trust in the Lord, do your best, and leave the rest to Him.
I know that if we do these 4 things on our missions and in our lives that both of them will go better. I challenge everyone to do these things. I know that they help me out when going through problems that I have. I know they will help you out to.
