“I testify that there is hope and peace in Christ. He can carry us today through difficult times. He did it for the early pioneers and He will do it now for each one of us.” M. Russell Ballard Oct. 2022
I would like to share with you why I chose this quote today.
I’m going through a difficult time right now. How grateful I am that I can feel peace and hope in Christ. I can feel Him carrying me right now, through the Gift of the Holy Ghost. What a wonderful blessing that is!
I have also felt Him, through the leadership of His church! As I have met with my bishop, I have been spiritually up lifted, and “carried”. My bishop gave me a priesthood blessing that reminded me once again that my Heavenly Father loves me and is very aware of me and my needs.
Yesterday at church, I was looking at some of the hymns and reading the scripture references at the bottom of each hymn, and the first two that I read, were about peace! Psalm 29:11, and John 14:27. I KNOW that this was not just a coincidence. I know that I was led to read those verses on that day, at that time. I needed to remember that I can have peace, the peace that can only come from the Prince of Peace, our Savior, Jesus Christ.
The difficult time is still going on, but I don’t feel so weighed down by it. I do have hope that better times are ahead, and the peace that all will be made right through the Atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. His yoke is indeed easy, and His burden is light.