Thursday, May 14, 2009

Blessings Are On Their Way!

In Alma 41:2 there is a phrase that keeps me going through dark days. In that verse Alma says, “It is requisite that all things should be restored to their proper order.” The word requisite means necessary or essential and comes from the same Latin root as the word require. This means that according to the Plan of Salvation, it is necessary and essential that all things be restored to their proper order. So what is that proper order?

Throughout the scriptures we are told that God intends for us to be happy. He wants us to have joy. He wants us to have peace, love, comfort, and all that is good. Therefore, the “proper order” is the order in which all good prevails.

This means that whenever we are suffering for any reason, sickness, abuse or persecution from other people, financial difficulties, stress, or whatever our adversity, we can be assured that if we endure it well, at some point we are going to be restored to good. All we need is to do our best to endure the trial and the Lord will do the rest. He is required to do so! He will compensate us.

So instead of fretting over trials, we can experience them as times of wonder like a child waiting for Christmas. The wait is difficult, long and hard, but it is tempered by the excitement that something wonderful is on its way.

6 comments:

Amy Grigg said...

But what if it's the proper order that we're worried about?

Sherrie Mills Johnson said...

Amy, Happiness is the the proper order. How can you be worried about happiness? The promise is that He will give us happiness. You trust in that.

Wendi said...

I love this post--it gives me hope! :)

Sherrie Mills Johnson said...

Wendi, And hope is what the gospel is all about. Isn't it wonderful!

Debbie Feller said...

Dear Sherrie, I needed to read that right now!!! Thanks so much for sharing it with me!!! How are you doing??
Love, Debbie

Sherrie Mills Johnson said...

Debbie, I'm praying for you. I hope you are healing well and able to enjoy that new grandson!