Never give up.

I was feeling a little blue last night. I think a lot of it stemmed down to the fact that I had a really big weekend, working lots and not much sleep in between it all. Then to mix into it, they talked a little bit about blessings of being a mother at church in the Relief Society lesson (women's group) yesterday.

I found myself, without realising, questioning why this was chosen to be my challenge. When I start on this train of thought, it really gets me down. Once I realised what I was thinking about, I knew I needed to dig myself out of the pit before I got in too deep. I went searching for upliftment, and luckily I found it in the way of a Mormon Message on YouTube.

This part of the Mormon Message was exactly what I needed to hear.

 

"I remember when I was preparing to be trained as a fighter pilot. We spent a great deal of our preliminary military training in physical exercise. I’m still not exactly sure why endless running was considered such an essential preparatory part of becoming a pilot. Nevertheless, we ran and we ran and we ran some more.

As I was running I began to notice something that, frankly, troubled me. Time and again I was being passed by men who smoked, drank, and did all manner of things that were contrary to the gospel and, in particular, to the Word of Wisdom.

I remember thinking, “Wait a minute! Aren’t I supposed to be able to run and not be weary?” I asked myself, was the promise true or was it not?

The answer didn’t come immediately. But eventually I learned that God’s promises are not always fulfilled as quickly as or in the way we might hope.

Patience means staying with something until the end. It means delaying immediate gratification for future blessing.  The work of patience boils down to this. Keep the commandments. Trust in God our Heavenly Father. Serve him with meekness and Christlike love. Exercise faith and hope in the Saviour, and never give up."