With “Second Estate,” I was thinking about the time I had given birth to my children. The knowledge of who we are and where we came from and why we are here seems never more powerful than when witnessing the birth of a new soul; body and spirit. Embarking on our earthly journey is scary, but we are armed with Love and Faith. Love from our Heavenly parents, as well as our earthly parents, and Faith in that Love. I couldn’t think of a more beautiful beginning then birth–all the extremes of life rolled into one incredible experience: pain, suffering, impatience, exhaustion, fear, relief, joy, love, gratitude, and peace.

Second Estate
Sweet agony! Oh, sweating pain! The Door by
Which enters Breath, soft Breath, and fills the room with quiet relief.
Agony gone and pain suppressed,
Perfection embodied and counting, one, two, three, four, five…
Each hand embarking, not knowing, having chosen
With Love in the left, and Faith in the right,
Each curled up in safety,
Tightly, tightly.
Mother, than father hold
Tightly, tightly.
Love and Faith
Bounded, bonded, begins.

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You see, our darling old 1922 bungalow had grown a bit shabby at the farthest edges of its trim, all cracked and peeling. Over the course of our precipitously precipitatious Pacific Northwest winter, unfortunately, that can wreak havoc on the wood underneath. The weather forecasts foretold just one week left until the rains set in for the year. It was ‘now or never.’ As every painter in the area was booked solid, we found that the only choices were to risk damage to the wood or repaint it ourselves. Naturally, we chose to take it on, with a little help from the guys at our local hardware store.

We purchased two sets of ‘paint eater’ power sanders, lead-rated respirators, and goggles, and set to work sanding off the old paint. All went well until we started getting to where we had to use just about all 28 feet of the ladder, approaching the ridgeline of the roof. My husband did make it up there one time, and he even did some sanding. When he made his way back down the ladder, though, he was blanched and said that he wouldn’t do it again. “It can’t be that bad,” I thought, as I began a climb up the ladder that ended about two-thirds of the way up, where I froze. I couldn’t go up; I couldn’t go down. My arms felt numb, and I had to consciously convince myself to keep breathing.

There we were, with the trim half-done, sanded to the bare wood, and neither of us feeling able to complete the task. There was a panicked round of phone calls to every house painter in the local phone book, of course to no avail. One of the painters even joked that not only could he not come paint my house, he needed me to come paint a few houses for him. That was it – no help to be had. Not being willing to risk the inevitable water damage, we had to figure something out.

We finally decided that since I weigh little more than half of what my husband does, it made sense for me to be the one to go up the ladder, with him steadying it at the base. The solution made sense, but that didn’t make it easy.

As I stood at the base of the ladder, with the bucket in my hand, I knew that it was time, and I knew that it was up to me to get it done. For all my sense of duty, my knees still felt as if they’d slide right out from under me any moment; my hands again were numb; and my heart was pounding such that I could feel my own pulse all through my body. As my free hand made contact with the cold aluminum of the ladder, a shot of adrenaline coursed through my veins. Fear gripped me.

I began climbing slowly. As my head was clearing the first story of the house, though, I just stopped. The slightest shift of my weight sent the ladder jiggling. I was climbing one-handed, as I had to hold the bucket with the other hand. The wind was blowing at me from the side in a most unnerving fashion. I tried playing various mental games with myself to get moving again. Alas, again, I was frozen in place on the ladder. “I have to do this,” I told myself, and, even still, I could not lift my foot to move it to the next rung.

A conversation that I recently had with a friend suddenly flashed unexpectedly through my mind, and I found myself remembering remarks about how, with the Lord to call on, we really can handle anything with grace, acceptance, and peace. I closed my eyes and simply said “Lord, help me take this next step.” The bonds of fear that had held my foot fast were gone. I went up one rung on the ladder. “Lord, help me take this next step,” I prayed again, up one more. “Lord, help me take this next step,” again and again. Soon, I found myself at the top of the ladder.

Through every step of my task, as I called out to Him, the Lord heard those little prayers and sustained me, holding my fear at bay and steadying me for the work at hand. I was taught again that with the Lord to call on, we truly can handle anything that life gives, be it scary, tragic, urgent, tedious, intense, sorrowful, puzzling, or random; be it a life-changing loss or a moment of minutia like a climb up a ladder, He is there, and He hears us, strengthens us, and sustains us.

-by Naiah

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From mormonconverts.com:

My Entire Being Was Filled With Light
The summer of 1970, I read the account of Joseph Smith’s First Vision in the Encyclopedia Britannica. As I read my entire being was filled with LIGHT, and I knew that Joseph Smith had seen Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.…read entire story >>
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I Know My Heavenly Father Loves Me
I had just turned 19 and had been married for only a few months. Our first child was born prematurely. He was beautiful, but not fully developed and only weighed 1 lb 6 oz. So tiny. When he passed away 2 hours after his birth we were devastated…..read entire story >>
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I Had Never Heard Something So Amazing!
I grew up in a crazy life style that most non-members would consider ordinary. High school was a great time that I will never forget and it gives me a different perspective on life being on both sides of the fence.…read entire story >>
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I Found My Direction Home
I studied philosophy and theology in a Roman Catholic college-seminary and spent three years in the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order, preparing for priesthood. And that is where the first turn in the road appeared.…read entire story >>
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The Hole In Me Was Filled
There are times in your life, no matter how old you may be, that you feel you are looking for something. Maybe it is keys, that missing sock or for me, it was a search to fill an empty hole inside me. A hole that seemed to be there from the beginning…read entire story >>
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It’s True, So Stop Asking Me!
My mom brought me up Protestant. We went to several different churches, Nazarene, and Baptist. She was against the Mormon Church, and I was told a lot of false beliefs about the Church that she had learned over the years…read entire story >>
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Putting Together The Puzzle
As a child, I was raised in the Catholic Church. I was taught to pray scripted prayers and sent to Catholic School. One of my earliest memories at about age six was wondering why no one prayed “correctly”…read entire story >>
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It Was As Though Scales Fell From My Eyes
When my best friend joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints I was upset and angry. I thought she had been brainwashed into a cult and I became obsessed with hatred.…read entire story >>
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They Brought “Something” With Them
We were introduced to the church through our son, (aged 7). We had been friends for years of a Mormon family and our sons played together all the time...read entire story >>
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A Quiet Whisper…”This Is True”
He wanted to know more about Mormons so he invited the Missionaries into our home, which was as I look back now the most powerful life changing experience a 12 year old…read entire story >>
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Sometimes Suffering Will Bring People To God
I spent a lot of years looking for a religion. I was raised without one, my mother is an Atheist, and I always felt incomplete when it came to religion. I believed in God, but that..…read entire story >>
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You Met Him When You Were Supposed To
Have you ever had just one bad day? I have, and it changed my life forever. In November of 2006, I let a lot of people get to me and a lot of bad stuff get to me. But the bottom line, I let myself make a decision that cost me everything.…read entire story >>
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He Guides Us Through The Voices of Others
Being truly converted was the topic in Relief Society on this particular Sunday. I recall I was still angry. I was angry at the ward, angry at the powerlessness of the priesthood, angry at my decision to make that all knowing change from Catholicism to Mormonism, and angry most of all at myself.…read entire story >>
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I’m Going To Tell You Anyway
I joined the church about six months after I married a Mormon girl. The only thing that I knew about Mormons was when our history teacher asked if there were any Mormons in our high school class and a few kids raised their hand.…read entire story >>
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There Has Always Been Something Missing
As a young boy of 5 years old I started down my religious path of Methodist. Going to church 2 and sometimes 3 times a week was very normal for me. My family was part of the church functions and was always available for…read entire story >>
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There Was A Hole In My Heart That I Could Never Fill
When I was 15 years old I got married. But that’s not the story I wish to tell right now. I want to tell you how I was converted to the Gospel of Jesus Christ..…read entire story >>
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It Seems To Me You Are Already Mormon
I had always had a feeling that there was more to church, more to what I was learning in the churches I attended, but I always thought it was just because I didn’t go to church enough to learn it all.…read entire story >>
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It Was Worth The Sacrifice
There are people who come in our lives and forever change us, that is what happened to me. It was January 2005. I was a student at the University of Nebraska pursuing and double major in Communication Studies and Art History…read entire story >>
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I Finally Set My House In Order
My first experiences with religion were given to me by my grandmother when I was 4. She was a non-denominational Christian, and the only thing I still remember was singing “Jesus Loves Me,” and thinking that was all I was every going to need.…read entire story >>
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God Does Amazing Work
I didn’t know what I was looking for until I found it looking for my great-grandmothers grave in New Mexico. (and we really found it) She was part of a 100 wagon train that walked across the country in 1877 and unfortunately contacted small pox and..…read entire story >>
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Generations Of Accepting Christ
How can one begin to describe a life? A life time of activities? A life time of memories? Of love, of feelings, of experiences? A life time of different emotions; joy, happiness, pain, sorry, excitement, pride, and hope?.…read entire story >>
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Church Isn’t Good For You
I was born and raised in California. My sister and I were sent to the nearest church by our parents. It was a Presbyterian Church. I was about 10 and I remember coming home one day crying because the topic had been about Hell and Hell Fire, etc.…read entire story >>
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My Journey to the Church
I remember laying down in my bed, exhausted, but excited about the opportunity to read another chapter in the Book of Mormon. Little by little, I learned about the gospel of Jesus..…read entire story >>
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I Knew That I Was Home
It was my Junior year in High School and I was really confused in my Math class. The reason was because I slept a lot and didn’t pay attention..…read entire story >>
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He Knows Our Hearts Desire
I’ve been searching for truth since I was young. I loved to listen to the words of God..…read entire story >>
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God Was Telling Me Something
They began to test me from all the things I was taught. They then told me I met all the requirements of the Church to be baptized. I felt that I was unsure and not ready to be baptized yet. I was Catholic at that time. I always told myself “I would never leave the Catholic Belief.” ..…read entire story >>
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I Found The Truth
They asked me to be baptized. I gave them a qualified, tentative “yes”…with the caveat that I needed to hear more first before I committed to that drastic step.…read entire story >>

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Felt A Connection
I then saw the commercial for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and immediately felt a connection. I knew that they were the “Mormons” , The only thing I knew about Mormonism, was that the Donny Osmond and his family were Mormons..…read entire story >>

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The Lord Moves In Mysterious Ways
I was living in South Shields in the North East of England then, a very lost character! No real faith, no real any thing! A looser! And guess what my hobby was, brewing beer!..…read entire story >>

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Thirty Four Years To Conversion
It was difficult for me to accept the Joseph Smith story and to believe in the divine origins of the Book of Mormon. Yet, for most of my life I found myself trying to fill the “spiritual hole in my soul”.…read entire story >>

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This Stuff Is Too Brilliant
I grew up Jewish. My family was not observant religiously, in fact, my parents didn’t even believe in God. But I did; until the day after my father suddenly died.…read entire story >>

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I No Longer Depended on Borrowed Light
I have been a member of the Mormon Church all my life. I have found that it is harder for those who have been born in the Church to gain a real testimony of it. However, for what it is worth, here is my story……read entire story >>

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They’ve Come To Bring You Truth And Light
At the sound of knocking on her door, Jeanette McLeod laid her Bible aside and arose from her chair, wondering who could be visiting her at this hour of the evening. She opened the door and found two nicely dressed young men standing there…..…read entire story >>

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Believing in Heavenly Fathers’ Promises
We never know what God’s plans are, or how someone can be touched by the Gospel.…read entire story >>

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Mormons Are Truly Christians
I was rebuilding my life as a recovering alcoholic, in the program of Alcoholic’s Anonymous. I had left everything and everyone I knew behind to build a better life. I was changing, from the inside out. I was seeing miracles of change and healing in my life. But something was still missing…read entire story >>

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He Guided Me To The Right Place
I knew I couldn’t go on any longer I knew I needed to strengthen my relationship with Heavenly Father in order to make it through my trials. So with all the confusion before and I just didn’t know where I belonged I began praying that He would help me find a church home, and guide me to the right place so I could grow closer to Him.…read entire story >>

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My Story In The “Migrants” Bible
was converted in 1963 in the London area; Australia has been my home, on and off, for over forty years.…read entire story >>

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The Symbols Fell Into Place
In order for non-members and active members to fully understand my story, I had to write this out. Every time I read this there are new things that I add and my testimony grows stronger and stronger.…read entire story >>

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My Changed View
I joined the Church 26 years ago, at age 16. I was a Catholic and then interested in the born again Pentecostal movement.…read entire story >>

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My Life Changing Experience
The book related to a lost nation that had once populated central and south America. I was fascinated, its title was The book of Mormon..…read entire story >>

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I Now Know The Truth
He introduced me that he met two missionaries on the street and they preached on the streets and they called themselves, “Mormons”. When I heard “Mormon”, I felt strange and wanted to know more about the name, “Mormon”……read entire story >>

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The Journey Has Been Wonderful
They had no clue that this guy who was on the computer the whole time was actually listening to them. The next week when they came over, I gave them my undivided attention…read entire story >>
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The Lord Strengthened Me
grew up in Northern Ireland, the political and religious history of my country is no secret, there has always been disputes over religion and politics.…read entire story >>

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A Witness of the Spirit

I was so thankful to Father for the physical witness that He knew was the unspoken desire of my heart…read entire story>>>
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It Was No Coincidence
I could barely believe my ears! How could this day possibly have been a coincidence!…read entire story>>>
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Heavenly Father Had Guided Me Home
In Northern Ireland we were ever mindful of the great religious divide that imposed itself on our Country. I have always been drawn to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints...read entire story >>
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A Longing For The Spirit
Eventually, in Elementary School, I started to want something to believe in. Isn’t it amazing that a 9 year old girl would suddenly want spiritual guidance by her own desire?…read entire story >>
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There Is No Wound He Cannot Heal
I was rebuilding my life as a recovering alcoholic. I had left everything and everyone I knew behind to build a better life. I was changing, from the inside out. I was seeing miracles of change and healing in my life. But something was still missing…read entire story _________________________________________________________

The Lord Had Lead Me To The Truth
Because of these and other theological flaws with the Catholic Church, I started my personal search for a church that reflected what I have found to be true through study of the Bible…read entire story >>
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All I Am Or Ever Hope To Be
The answer which came to me was both surprising, satisfying, and immediate. Continued personal prayer and reading the Book of Mormon then further opened the way for me to read the Bible with new understanding and appreciation…read entire story >>
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Faithfully Waiting to be Baptized
Almost eight months after my first lesson, I am still not baptized. I have to wait until my 18th birthday…read entire story>>>

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It Has Made All The Difference
In the end I am LDS because I chose to be, not because it is a family tradition or because I was forced to or because I was hoodwinked by agents of the church…read entire story>>>

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Life Is Full Of Challenges
Life is full of challenges but it is a lot better if we know where are we going…read entire story >>
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The Glue Which Keeps Me To My Faith
The glue that keeps me to my faith was a visit from a deceased non-LDS friend who used my nickname and said “Tangles, The Mormon Church is true…read entire story >>

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Listen To These Messengers
As I walked one day, two missionaries stop me and it felt as if a hand pressed firmly on my chest and a still small voice whispered, “Michael stop and listen…read entire story >>

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Our Trials And Difficulties Have Guided and Blessed Our Life
As a family we have had difficult experiences, but these experiences have strengthened our testimonies. The Lord has blessed us greatly, and He has used our trials and difficulties to guide and bless our lives. Of this there is no question…read entire story >>

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I have been thinking a lot about the gospel–what it is and how to live it and how to deal with the ups and downs of life and so forth. Four scriptures have struck me in a juxtaposition that I hadn’t considered before. The scriptures are these:

For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. (Moses 1:39)

24 And there stood one among them that was like unto God, and he said unto those who were with him: We will go down, for there is space there, and we will take of these materials, and we will make an earth whereon these may dwell;
25 And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them; (Abraham 3:24-25) (emphasis added)

And if thou shouldst be cast into the pit, or into the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the deep; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements combine to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of hell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good. (D & C 122:7) (emphasis added)

Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: (Isaiah 26:4)

This seems to me a very basic summary of this mortal life–what it is for and how to get through it. First, the Lord’s purpose–to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. Second, how the Lord will fulfill this purpose–by testing, trying, and proving man. Third, a reminder to man of what is happening to him–all these things shall give thee experience and shall be for thy good. Fourth, a reminder to man of where help is–trust in the Lord because He has everlasting strength. (Naturally, man means mankind and includes women.)

You will be able to think of other scriptures that fit in, as well, but these four stood out to me. Sometimes as we read and study the scriptures, we forget to look at the big picture–or at any rate, I do. If we can remember where we come from, why we are here, and where we are going, we can cope better with our current situation in mortality. We have heard those three questions so often that we may not even notice them anymore, but they can help us focus on our purpose in life and remind us to keep an eternal perspective, which is so important to doing well in our lives.

We all struggle with something–it will be different for each person–but if we can remember why we have struggles and trials and adversity, and do our best to learn lessons and develop strength and virtue from these situations, we will be progressing in our journey back to our heavenly home and our Heavenly Father.

It’s not easy, but that eternal perspective sure helps!

– Mary

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To struggle is the program.

Of course, you can imagine the kinds of conversations that brought on that teaching. Who wants to hear that the pain and struggle they are going through is supposed to be part of life? I sure didn’t. I wanted things to be easier, period. (I would often wonder (and still sometimes do): This is what I signed up for in the premortal world and shouted for joy about?)

In moments of spiritual clarity, however, of course I know he is right. We are here to be tested, to learn from our experiences, to learn faith through the trials that come. Of course, life is also full of rich and wonderful blessings, so it’s not like he was trying to be pessimistic or gloomy. We are that we might have joy, right? But still, sometimes it is in the struggle that we learn to appreciate the joy all the more. I look at my life and really can see blessings that struggling has brought, and I am (usually) grateful for the growth.

Lately, Dad’s words have been distilling on me in a slightly different way, thanks to some discussions with my husband, who has been reflecting on how life is a process, not a bunch of events. How often are we focused on the events in life: the next appointment, the next project, the next piano lesson for the children, the next family scripture time, the next big opportunity, the next stage of life when “all of our troubles will fade”? The list of “things to do” or “things we want” or even the goals we set can sometimes dominate our lives and our thinking. As my husband and I have talked, we have realized, perhaps more profoundly than ever, that it’s possible that a focus on events could also cause us to miss the purpose of life and the opportunity to enjoy and benefit from the journey, and especially to build relationships with God and the people around us.

I think Nephi understood this concept. In 2 Nephi 31, he spends considerable time teaching about the critical nature of baptism, the ordinance necessary to get us into “the strait and narrow path which leads to eternal life” (v. 18). This is an event that is absolutely essential to salvation. And yet, after expounding on the blessings of baptism, Nephi asks an important question:

And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done?

And then, of course, he answers his own question by saying, “Behold, I say unto you, Nay” (v. 19).

The event of baptism is not enough. Indeed, we could plug any important event into this equation. Is all done when we receive the ordinances of the temple? When we married to our spouse? What about the day-to-day events of life and of gospel living? Do we say one prayer and we are done? Do the dishes once and check it off the list forever? Is all ever done? Sometimes that very fact that be exhausting! There is always another meal to cook, another weed to pull, another paycheck to be earned, another church meeting to attend. Clearly, the purpose of life is not really to “be done”!

Nephi teaches us what our lives should be about in verses 20 and 21:

Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.

And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; and there is none other way….

No event, whether temporal or spiritual, will ever render our work “done.” No goal accomplished is ever sufficient to get us Home. We are here to struggle — not only to struggle in the sense of struggling through pain and trials, but to work hard and to work tirelessly and to work consistently. In short, nothing short of steadfastly enduring to the end (with faith, hope and charity along the way) will be enough to accomplish our work on earth.

Dad’s teaching has taken on a new light for me. Heavenly Father sent us here to learn the process of Christlike living and being. No event alone can make that happen, no matter how grand the event may be. It’s in the struggle, in the striving, in the pressing forward, in the enduring (in both spiritual and temporal elements of our lives), that the Lord can mold and shape and change us. The ordinances and commandments, as well as our day-to-day to-do lists, are only steps in the process, means to a potentially glorious end. The growth God desires for us comes in the struggle to make the most of every day, to repent when we make mistakes, and to build relationships with God and with our families that can take us into eternity.

I am convinced that this is part of why we hear so much about the importance of family life in the Church — because the consistent, repetitive work and the process of growth is so important in those family relationships. In fact, a quote from a talk by Elder Dallin H. Oaks comes to mind even as I write that:

Now is the time for each of us to work toward…becoming what our Heavenly Father desires us to become. As we do so, we should remember that our family relationships…are the setting in which the most important part of that development can occur…. Exaltation [eternal life] is an eternal family experience, and it is our mortal family experiences that are best suited to prepare us for it.

To struggle is the program. More than ever before, Dad, I believe you are right. But that concept is exciting me more than ever because it has taken on new meaning. Life is a process and it’s through continual effort and focus that I can continue to grow closer to God.

-Michelle L.

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We are beloved daughters of God;
Born of His Spirit, blessed in His love.
Serving the Lord with purpose and strength;
Women of vision, virtue and faith.

Chorus:
This is who we are:
Sister in Zion.
This is who we are:
Seekers of light.
This is who we are:
Women of Christ,
Daughters of God.
This is who we are.

Women of wisdom,
Teachers of truth,
Keepers of covenants,
Guardians of good,
Partners in promise
Woven as one;
Seeking eternal treasures beyond.

(Chorus)

Bringing nobility to motherhood,
Finding joy in womanhood,
Unified through sisterhood.
Steady and right,
Holding the rod,
Rising in light,
Standing with God!

This is who we are:
Sisters in Zion.
We are
Seekers of light.
This is who we are:
Women of Jesus, our Savior,
Daughters of God.
This is who we are.
Women of vision, and virtue and faith.
This is who we are!

From the album “In Thy Hands” by Tammy Simister Robinson
Copyright 2004, Sounds of Zion
Used by permission

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