The Power to Overcome Life's Challenges

Next month, on April 18th, I will have taught at the MTC for 3 years.  Every time I get a new group, it never ceases to amaze me the kinds of struggles that these young 18, 19, 20+ year old missionaries have gone through.  One missionary I am currently teaching said that his mom passed away 8 months ago.  Another missionary I have had said he had 3 major near death experiences where he thought he wouldn't live.  Others have felt the weight of mistakes and sin keep hold them down.... death... sickness... struggling families of alcoholics, abuse, and sickness.

I thought of this quote by President Henry B. Eyring:

"Many of you are now passing through physical, mental, and emotional trials that could cause you to cry out as did one great and faithful servant of God I knew well. His nurse heard him exclaim from his bed of pain, 'When I have tried all my life to be good, why has this happened to me?'”

I think of all of the missionaries I have taught...
Instead of giving up... they decided to give.
They chose to serve God and help others that may feel the burden of their trials.

"If the foundation of faith is not embedded in our hearts, the power to endure will crumble." - President Henry B. Eyring

Let us have more faith... not in ourselves... but in our Savior Jesus Christ.  That is where the power to overcome life's challenges lie.