Living Joyfully in Troubled Times

I loved the Relief Society lesson this past Sunday, the spirit was so strong, plus Shelly did a great job teaching.  :)

We learned about lesson 4 from the manual, about how we can live joyfully in troubled times. We talked about how hope, optimism and peace work together to help us out during times of trouble. With all three, you don't necessarily know what is going to happen to you next, but you can hope that God is directing your life and will help lead you where you need to be. You can be optimistic that things in the future are going to be good. Then with those two things in place, you can feel peace that everything will be okay. Even if you are not happy in the moment, at least you can feel calming peace.



It makes me think of how Christ was there to help Peter when he saw the waves around him and started to doubt. He will always be there for us, and if it doesn't stretch out his hand to lift us up, it means he wants us to realize that we can do hard things all by ourselves - we can swim!

One of the last things that was mentioned was that when times get hard, we all need to stick to two things:

1. Our marriages
2. Our membership in the Church

Both of these things involve covenants we have made with God and with other people (our husbands), and if we hold on to both, can be a firm foundation that will keep us floating when the troublesome waves of life get too high and rough.