Get On with Our Lives

Get On with Our Lives

Elder Steven E. Snow
Of the Presidency of the Seventy

"By listening to the prophets, keeping an eternal perspective, having faith, and being of good cheer, we can face life’s unexpected challenges."

Elder Steven shared with us the attitude of dealing with changes in our lives. Change is an inevitable and important part of life--it brings challenges; it helps people progressing their lives. No matter welcomed or not, changes, good and bad, still come to you naturally. What should you do then? To digest it or to hide from it? Elder Steven pointed out that people who were reluctant to meet with changes were probably because they were used to the comfortable life, or they just felt fear or lacked in faith. He said that"Grandmother's lap is often more comfortable than the trials of kindergarden. Our parents' basement, with unlimited video games, may be more appealing than college, marriage, or a career" -- which is human. How can we then best prepare for the changes we must inevitably face as we progress through life?-- He gave us four advises--"By listening to the prophets, keeping an eternal perspective, having faith, and being of good cheer, we can face life’s unexpected challenges"

Keeping an eternal perspective means we should believe in that all these changes together with challenges they bring are "part of God's plan" and while we make righteous decisions, we will become stronger by undergoing God's test.

Having faith is very important. John Pomfret have said that most chinese people in modern society is confronting with a sense of emptiness in moral life. What is the belief of our chinese people? I dont mean to believe in a specific imagine or religion. It is a belief, a faith, something in your heart that you can rely on and from which you get your strength. "without faith there cannot be any hope" (Moroni 7:42). With faith, one expels fear; with faith, one obtains courage; with faith, ones withstands all the obstacles. By listening to the prophets, we will have an eternal and proper perspective--then shall we firmly establish the faith in our mind and heart--as long as we have faith with us, we should always be of good cheer and at last, may we get on our lives with hearts of gratitude. Amen.

Chinese Version
http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-53-1069-25,00.html