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13 Jul 08
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We must remember that all suffering is not punishment.
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Sometimes we spend so much time trying to determine what we did wrong in the past to deserve the unpleasant happenings of the moment that we fail to resolve the challenges of the present.
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With His help we can use our trials as stepping-stones.
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“I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise.” (D&C 82:10.)
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This scripture does not tell us how or when this commitment will be effective or realized, but His promise is real and binding. Our challenge is to endure.
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Help us, O Lord, to remember thy love for us and help us to be fortified by thy strength when our eyes are blurred with tears of sorrow and our vision is limited.”
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As we are called upon to suffer
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endured without bitterness
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When family members disappoint us, we especially need to learn endurance. As long as we exercise love, patience, and understanding, even when no progress is apparent, we are not failing. We must keep trying.
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his success was achieved by being able to endure the pain of commitment and self-discipline.
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The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.” (See Eccl. 9:11; Matt. 10:22; Mark 13:13.)
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the key is that we must take it just one step at a time.
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The ingredient that is essential in learning to endure is consistent effort
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How we handle these challenges determines whether they become stumbling stones or building blocks. To the valiant these challenges make progress and development possible.
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Enduring well is accomplished by personal discipline hour by hour and day by day, not by public declaration.
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She finds fun where others may not see it:
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Greatness is best measured by how well an individual responds to the happenings in life that appear to be totally unfair, unreasonable, and undeserved.
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To endure is to bear up under, to stand firm against, to suffer without yielding, to continue to be, or to exhibit the state or power of lasting.
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our own strength and capacity will be doubled when we help others endure.
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endure well, with purpose and power.
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When heartaches, tragedies, disappointments, injury, unusual attention, fame, or excessive prosperity become part of our lives, our challenges and responsibilities will be to endure them well. God will assist us in our quest to conquer, triumph, and continue if we humbly rededicate ourselves to the meaningful declaration “We have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things.” (A of F 1:13.)
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