My Thoughts on Peace and Comfort Through the Atonement

God knew that life would not be easy for any one of us.  Life is hard and burdens come to us all, but God did not leave us comfortless.  Part of the plan of salvation was providing for us to have peace and joy even amidst the pain and anguish.  God provided us with the Holy Ghost so that we can gain peace and comfort in a way that the world can never offer it.  Through the Atonement Christ knows how we feel and how we will best be helped.  Through the Atonement He offers us peace and comfort.  Our burdens can be lifted and lightened.  One of the ways this happens is through us helping each other.  It is our responsibility as member of His church to look for those who need help and need lifting.  The Lord does help us, but often it is by the hands of one of His other children.  We go to the Lord to ask for strength and comfort, then we look around for ways that we can offer strength and comfort to those around us.  It is a beautiful system He has devised.

My Thoughts on Personal Preparation to Guidance

Although I do not hold the priesthood, I believe that the concepts President Eyring is teaching about personal guidance and revelation still apply to me.  I know that the Spirit can guide us and give us specific instructions for our individual circumstances and callings, but we have to be living worthily to have this spiritual guidance.  Not only must we be keeping the commandments, but we also have to be putting in the time and the effort to pray and study and make that personal connection with the Lord.  The more we do this the more clear his promptings, warnings, and instruction will become to us.  The Lord is constantly trying to speak to us and trying to give us guidance.  We have to fine-tune our receptors so that we learn how to hear and heed His communications to us.  If we do this we can become better tools in His hands to help and lift His other children as well as ensuring our own spiritual safety and growth.

Companionship of Holy Ghost

“You will not survive spiritually without the protection of the companionship of the Holy Ghost in your daily life.  You must pray for it and work to have it. Only with that guide will you be able to find your way along the strait and narrow path through the mists of evil. The Holy Ghost will be your guide as He reveals truth when you study the words of prophets.  Getting that guidance will take more than casual listening and reading. You will need to pray and work in faith to put the words of truth down into your heart. You must pray that God will bless you with His Spirit, that He will lead you into all truth and show you the right way. That is how He will warn and guide you into the right path in your life and in your priesthood service.”


“President Henry B. Eyring - April 2015 General Conference "Priesthood and Personal Prayer” 
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/priesthood-and-personal-prayer?lang=eng