"In order to be tested, we must...face challenges and difficulties.  At times there appears to be no light at the tunnel's end. . . . We feel abandoned, heartbroken, alone.  If you find yourself in such a situation, I plead with you to turn to our Heavenly Father in faith. . . . He will not always take your afflictions from you, but He will comfort and lead you with love through whatever storm you face."

Thomas S. Monson, "Looking Back and Moving Forward," Ensign, May 2008

"Your willingness to accept the will of the Father will not change what in His wisdom He has chosen to do.  However, it will certainly change the effect of those decisions on you personally.  That evidence of the proper exercise of agency allow His decisions to produce far greater blessings in your life."


Richard G. Scott, "Trust in the Lord"

"To trust means to obey willingly without knowing the end from the beginning.  To produce fruit, your trust in the Lord must be more powerful and enduring than your confidence in your own personal feelings and experience."


Richard G. Scott, "Trust in the Lord"

"Willing sacrifice of deeply held personal desires in favor of the will of God is very hard to do.  Yet, when you pray with real conviction, 'Please let me know Thy will' and 'May Thy will be done,' you are in the strongest position to receive the maximum help from your loving Father."

Richard G. Scott, "Trust in the Lord" Nov 1995

"To get from where you are to where He wants you to be requires a lot of stretching, and that generally entails discomfort and pain."


Richard G. Scott, "Trust in the Lord," Nov 1995

"Just when all seems to be going right, challenges often come in multiple doses applied simultaneously. When those trials are not consequences of your disobedience, they are evidence that the Lord feels you are prepared to grow more."

Richard G. Scott, "Trust in the Lord," Ensign, Nov 1995

"When you face adversity, you can be led to ask many questions.  Some serve a useful purpose; others do not.  To ask, Why does this have to happen to me?  Why do I have to suffer this, now? What have I done to cause this? will lead you into blind alleys.  It really does no good to ask questions that reflect opposition to the will of God.  Rather ask, What am I to do?  What am I to learn from this experience?  What am I to change?"


Richard G. Scott, "Trust in the Lord," Ensign, Nov 1995