One of the most difficult aspects of mortality is that we experience trials.We know that the purpose of these trials is to help us become more like God. More refined.More pure.If God is patient, then I need to learn patience; and the primary way to learn patience is to not have something that is wanted.If God is forgiving (thank heavens!), then I need to learn how to be forgiving; that usually comes through being wrongfully hurt.And so on and so on.As Elder Orson F. Whitney so beautifully said:
“No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God … and it is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire and which will make us more like our Father and Mother in heaven” (quoted in Spencer W. Kimball, Faith Precedes the Miracle, 98).
However, there are times when it feels like we are getting more than our fair share of this trial business—times when we feel like there is a dark rain cloud following us around, while the sun is shining on everyone else.
Why do Some People Have More Trials than Others?
From LDSWHY.com
One of the most difficult aspects of mortality is that we experience trials. We know that the purpose of these trials is to help us become more like God. More refined. More pure. If God is patient, then I need to learn patience; and the primary way to learn patience is to not have something that is wanted. If God is forgiving (thank heavens!), then I need to learn how to be forgiving; that usually comes through being wrongfully hurt. And so on and so on. As Elder Orson F. Whitney so beautifully said:
“No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God … and it is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire and which will make us more like our Father and Mother in heaven” (quoted in Spencer W. Kimball, Faith Precedes the Miracle, 98).
However, there are times when it feels like we are getting more than our fair share of this trial business—times when we feel like there is a dark rain cloud following us around, while the sun is shining on everyone else.
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