...I got home and sat in front of my computer with frustration. I had forgotten the feeling of doing so horribly on tests only to do wonderfully in the class due to the steep curve that's applied. It can still be discouraging, though! As I pondered my plight and questioned my intellectual ability, I opened an e-mail...one that comes every morning, yet for some reason had been postponed and came in the evening. It proved to be exactly what I needed.
The wisdom of President Dieter F. Uchtdorf was expressed in the quote that was e-mailed to me by LDS Gems:
"Wherever you live on this earth and whatever your life's situation may be, I testify to you that the gospel of Jesus Christ has the divine power to lift you to great heights from what appears at times to be an unbearable burden or weakness. The Lord knows your circumstances and your challenges. He said to Paul and to all of us, 'My grace is sufficient for thee.' And like Paul we can answer: 'My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me' (2 Corinthians 12:9)."As members of the Church of Jesus Christ, we may claim the blessings promised in the covenants and the ordinances we received when we accepted the gospel of Jesus Christ."
Tender mercies.
Out with the Old, In with the New
12 years ago
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