Peace in Perilous Times

As we all can see, and as mentioned by Jack in his earlier post, the world is not in the best condition. It can be quite discouraging watching the news or reading the paper and learning of all the corruption and destruction in the world.

I was reading from the Ensign, a publication put out by the church every month, last night and came across an article that caught my attention: "Protecting Our Families in the Last Days." No matter who we are or what our circumstance is we want the best for our families and loved ones.

In the Book of Mormon, Moroni, an ancient prophet, testified of our day saying:

"The power of God shall be denied and churches become defiled and be lifted up in the pride of their hearts. There shall be heard of fires, and tempests, and vapors of smoke in foreign lands. There shall also be heard of wars, rumors of wars, and earthquakes in divers places. There shall be great pollutions upon the face of the earth; there shall be murders, and robbing, and lying, and decievings, and whoredoms, and all manner of abominations." - Mormon 8:28-31

Despite how grim this all sounds there is one thing that brings hope and comfort in these words -they are true. These things are happening all around the world and Moroni, more than 1600 years ago, saw that and prophesied of that.

This should strengthen our testimony of prophets. They are seers and revelators who can see the future and receive revelation from God. We are blessed to have a modern day prophet, Thomas S. Monson. As we listen and follow his counsel we can be assured of that safety, security and happiness in these times.

This article reminded me of that huge blessing we have. I know God lives and loves us and has provided us with the tools we need to make it back to him. I am so grateful for a husband who loves his family and has a strong testimony of the gospel who can preside over his family in righteousness and provide protection by listening and following the counsel of prophets.