His hand of divine assistance

 

“Through tears and trials, through fears and sorrows, through the heartache and loneliness of losing loved ones, there is assurance that life is everlasting. Our Lord and Savior is the living witness that such is so.”

Thomas S. Monson

“By definition, trials will be trying. There may be anguish, confusion, sleepless nights, and pillows wet with tears. But our trials need not be spiritually fatal. They need not take us from our covenants or from the household of God.”

Neil L. Andersen

 

 

“The Lord has His eye upon you. He loves you. He knows you.

He knows your triumphs and your trials, your successes and your heartaches.”

Joseph B. Wirthlin

 

 

“The Savior knows each of us in a personal way. He has assured us of His personal acquaintance,

His awareness of our needs, and His presence in our times of need.

He counseled, ‘I say unto you that mine eyes are upon you. I am in your midst and ye cannot see me’.

L. Lionel Kendrick

 

“To be in the hands of God would suggest that we are not only under His watchful care but also that we are guarded and protected by His wondrous power.” …..“The Lord will provide sustenance and support if we are willing to open the door and receive His hand of divine assistance.”

W. Craig Zwick

 

 

“…I think some of us must have that remnant of Puritan heritage still with us that says it is somehow wrong to be comforted or helped, that we are supposed to be miserable about something. Consider, for example, the Savior’s benediction upon his disciples even as he moved toward the pain and agony of Gethsemane and Calvary. On that very night, the night of the greatest suffering that has ever taken place in the world or that ever will take place, the Savior said, ‘Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you. … Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. I submit to you, that may be one of the Savior’s commandments that is, even in the hearts of otherwise faithful Latter-day Saints, almost universally disobeyed; and yet I wonder whether our resistance to this invitation could be any more grievous to the Lord’s merciful heart. I can tell you this as a parent: as concerned as I would be if somewhere in their lives one of my children were seriously troubled or unhappy or disobedient, nevertheless I would be infinitely more devastated if I felt that at such a time that child could not trust me to help or thought his or her interest was unimportant to me or unsafe in my care. In that same spirit, I am convinced that none of us can appreciate how deeply it wounds the loving heart of the Savior of the world when he finds that his people do not feel confident in his care or secure in his hands or trust in his commandments.”

Jeffrey R. Holland