WOW has the time flown by this year already. Can you believe it is already February? I am excited for tomorrow. We are having a special family fast to help our family. This illness has not only effected me but my entire family as well. We are all working and learning how to get through this trial together.
Last Sunday, after our big family breakdown, we decided it would be a good idea to have a special family fast. Because everyone is going through their own set of difficulties we all agreed that we needed additional strength from the Lord to help us get through it all.
Tonight before bed my hubby and I read a conference talk "Trials of your Faith" by Elder Neil L. Anderson. I have been reading and pondering this talk the past few night and tonight I shared it with my hubby.
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2012/10/trial-of-your-faith?lang=eng#watch=video
We decided to send a reminder text to all of our children about our special family fast. We attached this link to the talk on "Trials of your Faith" and challenged them to read or watch the talk to begin their fast.
In this talk Elder Anderson states that, "Fiery Trials are designed to make you stronger, but they have the potential to diminish or even destroy your trust in the Son of God and to weaken your resolve to keep your promises to Him. These trials are often camouflaged, making them difficult to identify. These take root in our weaknesses, our vulnerabilities, our sensitivities, or in those things that matter most to us."
Elder Anderson then went on to explain how to not let our trials weaken us spiritually but rather how to make us stronger and closer to Heavenly Father and our Savior Jesus Christ.
Our hope is that our family will not let these trials diminish or destroy their faith. Our prayer is that our family will be strengthened as we work together with the Lord to make us stronger.
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