Mosiah 7:19 Therefore, lift up your heads, and rejoice, and put your trust in God. …
I still remember how excited Chelsea was to run on the high school cross country team. The coach had a reputation of excellence as did his runners. Her first year was tough, she worked hard, and ran well. Many returning runners claimed it was the hardest year they had experienced. They got 2nd at state as a team and they had 5 of the top 7 returning. There was high hopes for winning the next year.
Chelsea followed the summer workout schedule that her coach gave her with exactness. When August rolled around….she knew what to expect, since now she was a returning runner. After the first week, Chelsea was exhausted; she told me that the practices were harder than the previous year and she couldn’t understand why. However, she had complete trust in her coach that he knew the potential of her team. She believed, without doubt, that he knew what they needed to do to win state that year. She had this trust even though she was going to have to endure workouts every day that would leave her exhausted–workouts that required her to sit in ice baths, begging for massages, and falling asleep in random places all over the house. It was perfect trust of a coach who had proven he was successful and showed true care for each of his athletes. Chelsea took that trust and followed every detail her coach gave her with exactness.
They will trust the Lord enough to follow His commandments–even when they do not completely understand the reasons for them. Their faith will be manifest through diligence and through work. -W. Mark Bassett
We all have the perfect coach. One who has proven successful for thousands of years. One who knows our true potential and is willing to help us get there, one trial at a time, even if they leave us crying in the closet. We can feel His love all around us and we know that he cares for each of us individually. All we have to do is trust Him! Trust His plan, trust that the trials we face will make us stronger, bringing victory to our mortal lives and ultimately bringing us home to exaltation.
“Being temperate in this way, we develop patience and trust in the Lord. We are able to rely on His design for our lives, even though we cannot see it with our own natural eyes. Therefore, we can “be still and know that [He is] God.” When faced with the storms of tribulation, we ask, “What wouldst Thou have me learn from this experience?” With His plan and purposes in our hearts, we move forward not only enduring all things but also enduring them patiently and well”. -Robert D. Hales
-Sherri Jorgensen
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