During Sacrament meeting today, Bill Bleak talked about how there are things going on in the world today and that we need to continue on. Don't stop in the middle, finish what has been started.
As he was talking my mind starting thing about the concept of continuing on and my thoughts turned to Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. In this instance, He shows us the way to continue on, to endure to the end even when it's hard and we might want to quit. During the mist of His enduring, He reaches out to our Father, His Father. He asks for the cup to pass, but says, "nevertheless, thy will be done." During the midst of His trial and after reaching out to Heavenly Father, He receives an angel to strengthen Him. Part of the process of enduring is this connection to God, but it's also looking for and seeing the angels that He sends in our own lives. There will be trials in our life that we have to endure and then there is just enduring until we are called home. I remember working at a retirement home and having conversation with one of the residents that was in her 90's. She said, "I wish the world would stop turning and let me off." I kind of chuckled about this. But, when your spouse has passed on, maybe most of your friends and family have too, your body is tired and maybe you can't do a lot of the things that you used to do, you are lonely and ready to go home. Heavenly Father asks us to endure. I can think of individuals in our ward that are now the only active member of their family. I've seen some end up leaving the church themselves and others that endure on. They are there every Sunday. They join our zoom RS and they participate. They have faith and hope and they keep on.
I watched a devotional tonight about Choosing Hope. It is a deliberate choice each day that we make. Enduring does not always have to be a long, painful process.
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