This is something Jospeh Smith said to his cousin George A. Smith when he had just walked 1,850 miles on foot serving a mission and was now suffering from inflammatory rheumatism:
"You should never get discouraged, whatever your difficulties may be. If you are sunk in the lowest pit in Nova Scotia and all the Rocky Mountains piled on top of you, you ought not to be discouraged but to hang on, exercise faith and keep up good courage, and you will come out on top of the heap."
It wouldn't seem so significant to me if it had come from someone who was just like, "chin up!" -- who had never had a trial in his life, but coming from someone who'd suffered a great deal more than I can imagine it sounds pretty good.
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I do love that so much! The other day Dr. Laura had a listener that said, "I have a life that is as perfect as my attitude." Dr. Laura went off on that forever about how great it was. on the one hand, I heartily agreed. But that's because I'm healthy right now (mentally). So, it kind of bugged me because I'm like, "Oh yeah, Dr. Laura, that's fine for me now but what about when I'm drowning? You want me just to have a better attitude?" But hearing it from Joseph Smith is just like, "ok. Cool. I won't be discouraged if you say not to. YOU definitely know what you're talking about when it comes to going through hell, so I'll trust you. Thanks!" So awesome!
Nancy, Perfect I love that you posted this, I need to get on top of my prophets lives and what a good way. Thanks for that I loveyou, Meg
so I am trying to get a hold of you and apearantly it needs to be done through your blog or by apointment only....AARRRGG
I love reading those types of quotes and this is one I'd never heard so thanks for posting it. That's one of the main reasons I love D&C so much. It's full of "if hell shall combine against you" and it makes me feel so much better about any piddly little trials that I may come up against. It's great help for putting things into perspective (wah, I couldn't get a pedicure again this month because I didn't have $40 extra. Poor, poor me!)
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