May 7th Reading Assignment
Daily Reading Question
Mosiah 24:15–16. How can our attitude affect our personal growth through trials?
Daily Talk
Finding Joy in Life
Mosiah 24:15–16. How can our attitude affect our personal growth through trials?
Daily Talk
Finding Joy in Life
Our attitude, like our will, are the few things we have to offer the Lord. Life can sometimes be very difficult, but we hinder our own progress and keep ourselves from experiencing joy when we focus and become centered on the negative. I love the thought from Bruce Hafen, "joy is not the absence of opposition."
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1. The Lord is intent on your personal growth and development. That progress is accelerated when you willingly allow Him to lead you through every growth experience you encounter, whether initially it be to your individual liking or not...If you question everything you are asked to do, or dig in your heels at every unpleasant challenge, you make it harder for the Lord to bless you.
2. Sadness, disappointment, and severe challenge are events in life, not life itself. I do not minimize how hard some of these events are. They can extend over a long period of time, but they should not be allowed to become the confining center of everything you do.
3. Children teach us how to find joy even under the most challenging circumstances. Children haven’t yet learned to be depressed by concentrating on the things they don’t have. They find joy in what is available to them.
4. No matter how difficult something you or a loved one faces, it should not take over your life and be the center of all your interest. Challenges are growth experiences, temporary scenes to be played out on the background of a pleasant life. Don’t become so absorbed in a single event that you can’t think of anything else or care for yourself or for those who depend upon you.
Awesome perspective! That is so true, and so important to keep that outlook on life. I like the thought that challenges should not take over your life but that they should be, "temporary scenes to be played out on the background of a pleasant life."
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