I Shall Not Pass This Way Again

I SHALL NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN

Through this toilsome world, alas!
Once and only once I pass;
If a kindness I may show,
If a good deed I may do
To a suffering fellow man,
Let me do it while I can.
No delay, for it is plain
I shall not pass this way again.

- Anon

Thursday, June 7, 2012


 A GREAT OPPORTUNITY!

When we experience conflicts, sadness, hardships, offense, pain,  and any other afflictions or trials, it is a great opportunity!  The Lord is asking us to do something for ourselves, for our brethren, and for Him.  The Lord is teaching us something and helping us become a better person and be more like Him.  It is a great opportunity to improve the situation or condition we are in. If we seek the Lord’s help and listen to the promptings of the Holy Ghost, we will know what to think, what to do, and how to overcome negative feelings and personal weaknesses.  It is a great opportunity to commune again with the Lord, seek His help, continue to feel His love and see the opportunity given us to become a better person. 
It is an opportunity to practice humility, temperance, patience and understanding;  love, mercy, and  forgiveness;  selflessness and charity, endurance and long suffering, faith in the Lord and determination to obey His will – to do what is right,  broadmindedness and maturity,  and humility,  gratitude, and cheerfulness,  in the midst of pain and difficulty. 
It is a great opportunity to be more like our Savior and be in a higher level of spirituality.  It is a great opportunity to overcome weaknesses and thus become our strengths.  It is a great opportunity to develop in ourselves characters that will prepare us better to come back to our Heavenly Father’s presence when we leave this mortal probation.  It is a great opportunity to obtain peace and happiness in this world, secured in the knowledge and great faith that God is always there with us to help us. 
So let us think of the wisdom of each moment and do our part.  Let us seek what the Lord wants us to do or is teaching us.  Seek for the Lord’s help in prayer and fasting and reading the scriptures.  Seek for the guidance of the Holy Ghost and be determined to obey His will always.  He will help us.  We will be blessed with strength and be equipped to face the next bigger one.  We will find  true joy and happiness in this world and be one more step ahead towards the celestial kingdom where we will be in our Heavenly Father’s presence and live an everlasting life with a an everlasting happiness.