This post is part of the General Conference Odyssey. This week covers the Saturday morning session of the April 2011 conference.
"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. . . . It is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire."
Elder Kent F. Richards was quoting an earlier apostle, Elder Orson F. Whitney.
Sometimes in the depth of pain we are tempted to ask, 'Is there no balm in Gilead, is there no physician there?' I testify the answer is yes, there is a physician. The Atonement of Jesus Christ covers all these conditions and purposes of mortality.
I can add my testimony and witness that what Elder Richards said is true. I have felt the healing power and comfort of the Atonement through all kinds of physical, emotional, and spiritual pain. Some experiences are too sacred to share. But I know His power is real and His love is limitless and compassionate.
P.S. I got to visit Marilyn of Light in Leaves this past week; she and her children are as delightful in person as they are in her blog.
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