Striving Always To Be of Good Cheer Helps Avoid Being Cast Down in Spirit

I like this Quote of the Day from the Library app of the Church. It is from the talk by Elder Quentin L. Cook, an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ, in October 2023 General Conference.

 

"These two admonitions are great counsel for our own day. Lives full of praise, music, and thanksgiving are uniquely blessed. Being joyful and relying on heavenly help through prayer is a powerful way to be peaceable followers of Christ. Striving always to be of good cheer helps avoid being cast down in spirit."

 

Glancing around a little more in Elder Cook's talk, I also like this. It's a question everyone asks at one time or another--

 

"Church leaders are frequently asked, 'Why does a just God allow bad things to happen, especially to good people?' and 'Why are those who are righteous and in the Lord’s service not immune from such tragedies?'

 

"We do not know all the answers; however, we do know important principles that allow us to face trials, tribulation, and adversities with faith and confidence in a bright future that awaits each of us. No better example exists in scripture with respect to passing through tribulation than the word of the Lord to Joseph Smith, the Prophet, while he was a prisoner in Liberty Jail.

 

"The Lord in part declared:

 

'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.

 

'The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he?'"