DAY 77 -- Trials To Perfect Us

There are times when we are "blessed" with long suffering, long enduring Ammonihah Challenges.  In our mind there is no reason why Father won't resolve those challenges, rid us from those trials.  We pray, continue to pray and struggle through.  There are times when we figure that we will have to endure those struggles throughout our lives.  We continue to pray about them, but they need to be with us no matter what.

We KNOW that Father has the power to rid us of those AC's, and we don't understand why He won't.  So we continue to struggle, question, and plead with Father for relief.  We continue to ask through our prayers, visiting the temple and plead with Father to help us learn the principle, or the lesson attached with that AC.  But it is not taken away from us.  We continue, as does our trial. 

I am sure that Prophet Joseph questioned why he was constantly pursued by wicked men, incarcerated, and finally murdered.  He endured more than we can imagine. He was the prophet to restore the church to the earth.  He endured, yet he finished his work.  His constant suffering was not taken away, and he continued doing what he was called to do.

I can't see through Father's eyes.  I can't understand all the reasons why of our trials, of my AC's.  But I know that there are Eternal reasons why we are blessed with these AC's.  I have come to accept that the trails I have that don't seem to want to go away, they are for my good, and will be for but a small moment. I must stop trying to figure out how to get rid of them, quit being so frustrated that I have them, endure them well, and continue to strive to learn from them.  For when the purpose they are given to me is realized they will be removed from me.

I remember a period of about 5 years where I was constantly having kidney stones.  I felt that those little tiny "blessings" would never go away.  For 5 years, I was constantly having those little things.  Finally, after I guess I learned whatever I was to learn, they seemed to go away and I have not had one for 8 years. 

Bottom Line:  Father knows the reasons why of our AC's and what we have now and what He blesses us with-to teach us, to direct us, and to perfect us.  Much is endurance.   If it is "thorn" I must endure for a time, so be it.