Recently, I have been thinking about a scripture in Helaman, in The Book of Mormon.
Helaman 5:12
12 "And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon thearock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your bfoundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty cstorm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall."
There are a LOT of reasons why I like this scripture. I won't discuss them all at this time. The thing that I have been thinking about lately though is the use of the word "when" ("when the devil shall send forth...). It doesn't say "if", but "when". Storms are coming. Probably for most of us, we have experienced some storms, maybe some "mighty storm"s, or we may now be experiencing them. If not, don't worry, they will come. :)
A few weeks ago, I went to a class at a Relief society women's conference. Relief society is an organization for women in the church. We meet together to strengthen and serve each other, as well as our communities. The woman who taught the class handed out papers to everyone with trials on them. We talked about finding joy amid trials. After we discussed a few of the trials, she mentioned that all of them were examples from her life. There had to be at least 50! Wow! My life seems so mild compared to that. I am very blessed. However, I too have experienced storms.
Storms are no respecter of persons. All of us experience them. They are hard. They beat at our very core, and strive to drag us down "to the gulf of misery and endless wo". But, if we are built on a foundation of Christ, we "cannot fall". There is so much doubt in the world. So many would have us doubt our faith. But we need not doubt. As the Lord told Thomas, "be not faithless, but believing" (John 20:27). I urge you to believe. Even if you do not know everything, believe. It is okay to have questions, that is the only way to get answers. But approach your questions with faith, not doubt. And keep your feet firmly planted on the "rock of our Redeemer". So that "when" the storms come, you can not fall!
