Our God will deliver us from ridicule and persecution, but if not. … Our God will deliver us from sickness and disease, but if not … . He will deliver us from loneliness, depression, or fear, but if not. … Our God will deliver us from threats, accusations, and insecurity, but if not. … He will deliver us from death or impairment of loved ones, but if not, … we will trust in the Lord.
Our God will see that we receive justice and fairness, but if not. … He will make sure that we are loved and recognized, but if not. … We will receive a perfect companion and righteous and obedient children, but if not, … we will have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, knowing that if we do all we can do, we will, in His time and in His way, be delivered and receive all that He has. 20
Men [and women] accomplish marvelous things by trusting in the Lord and keeping His commandments—by exercising faith even when they don’t know how the Lord is shaping them.
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2004/04/but-if-not?lang=eng
I'm trying to learn to have patience and faith through, despite and because of suffering. I know that is what the Lord is teaching me know through my experiences, and I am thankful that He knows better than I do.
Mortality’s supreme test is to face the “why” and then let it go, trusting humbly in the Lord’s promise that “all things must come to pass in their time” (D&C 64:32).
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2002/10/but-if-not?lang=eng
When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of sorrow shall not thee o’erflow,
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless, …
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.
When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,
My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply.
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design …
Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine. …
The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose
I will not, I cannot, desert to his foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, …
I’ll never, no never, no never forsake!
These talks sum up what I hope to become, someone who doesn't just have faith to be healed, but who has faith not to be healed. It is easy to say "yes, I will trust that the Lord has power to heal me and He will." It is more important to say, "but no matter what happens or when it happens, I trust in Him, that He loves me and that He knows what is best for me, and that He can help me get through this by His grace after all I can do."
It is, in essence, to do as the Savior did, in our own little way.
And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. (Matthew 26:39)
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