General Conference is upon us again. What an amazing blessing this has been to us in our household. As we watched conference sessions yesterday and as we sit and watch this morning, we are a blessed people to have such strong leadership on the Earth. "We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet" rings more profound in my heart today. In these difficult times of economic strife and hardship how blessed are we that we have been taught for years to be prepared for this day and days to come. I want to reflect with all of you a talk I just gave in our home ward. It was based off a talk given by John Bytheway years ago. The talk is entitled, "5 Scriptures That Will Help You Get Through Anything."

First, all of us need to first look for the answers we need in books where the answers do not change. So many of us have been involved in a resale of a text book at the end of the semester, once or twice. What usually happens to us? We get stiffed on the value of the text book, right!? We pay $75 and get back $3! Why does this happen? The information found in the text is now outdated and not relevant to future courses, namely because the answers will change in the next year, rendering the information held within useless. Where can we find answers that will not change? Your right, in the Scriptures and in the words of our Latter-day Prophets.

Here are the scriptures in order: Study these one by one:

1. 1 Nephi 11:16-17 "We do not know all things but we do KNOW that God loves us"
2. Moses 7:26-33 "God weeps on our behalf"
3. Alma 14:9-13 "Your work is not finished, no matter how difficult it may be"
4. Alma 7:11-12 "The Atonement does not just cover sins but pains and afflictions"
5. D&C 101:32-36 "Build a foundation and Endure to the End, Blessings await"

Elder Scott added in the Nov 1995 Ensign: “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? Whom am I to help? How can I remember my many blessings in times of trial? 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.

This life is an experience in profound trust—trust in Jesus Christ, trust in His teachings, trust in your capacity as led by the Holy Spirit to obey those teachings for happiness now and for a purposeful, supremely happy eternal existence. 

In the spirit of conference I wanted to share this everyone on our blog. It has helped me to refocus I hope it does the same with each of you.