To view this talk go to: https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/04/bear-up-their-burdens-with-ease?lang=eng#watch=video
COUNSEL:
- Look at the spiritual load we are carrying to see it has enough traction to help us move forward
- Don't haul nice but unnecessary things in our load
- Take upon you the yoke of Christ...rely on him and pull WITH him
- Make covenants with God
- Submit cheerfully and with patience to the will of the Lord
PROMISED BLESSINGS:
- The Lord can provide traction to get us somewhere we need to go
- You will find rest. The Savior will help us pull the load!
- We will have heavenly help; strength beyond our own
- Deliverance through the Atonement
- Burdens are made light in the strength of the Lord and through increased capacity
"The unique burdens in each of our lives help us to rely upon the merits, mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah (see 2 Nephi 2:8). I testify and promise the Savior will help us to bear up our burdens with ease (see Mosiah 24:15). As we are yoked with Him through sacred covenants and receive the enabling power of His Atonement in our lives, we increasingly will seek to understand and live according to His will. We also will pray for the strength to learn from, change, or accept our circumstances rather than praying relentlessly for God to change our circumstances according to our will. We will become agents who act rather than objects that are acted upon (see 2 Nephi 2:14). We will be blessed with spiritual traction."
I add my testimony that I know the Lord gives us power through keeping our covenants, to be able to bear whatever burdens that come to us in this mortal life. I have seen example upon example in the lives of our missionaries and we do not have to look far into our own lives to see His hand in bearing us up in tough times. We have been able to find the joy in about every circumstance. The weights that have been places upon us have actually made us stronger...so for that I am grateful.
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