{"id":888,"date":"2017-09-18T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.melaniebnewman.com\/staging\/9944\/?p=888"},"modified":"2022-04-18T16:53:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T22:53:23","slug":"world-in-commotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melaniebnewman.com\/staging\/9944\/world-in-commotion\/","title":{"rendered":"World in Commotion"},"content":{"rendered":"

So much of the world around us is in commotion. There are natural disasters occurring more and more frequently and of such magnitude as to overwhelm us as individuals and as nations. There are also man-caused tragedies that cause our hearts to falter.<\/p>\n

These events are powerful reminders of something much greater than ourselves.<\/p>\n

As we recently remembered the events of 9\/11, I want to share with you the words of Thomas S. Monson, written Sept. 8, 2011 in The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

9\/11 destruction allowed us to spiritually rebuild. By Thomas S. Monson<\/h3>\n

\u201cThere was, as many have noted, a remarkable surge of faith following the tragedy. People across the United States rediscovered the need for God and turned to Him for solace and understanding. Comfortable times were shattered. We felt the great unsteadiness of life and reached for the great steadiness of our Father in Heaven. And, as ever, we found it. Americans of all faiths came together in a remarkable way.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSadly, it seems that much of that renewal of faith has waned in the years that have followed. Healing has come with time, but so has indifference. We forget how vulnerable and sorrowful we felt. Our sorrow moved us to remember the deep purposes of our lives. The darkness of our despair brought us a moment of enlightenment. But we are forgetful. When the depth of grief has passed, its lessons often pass from our minds and hearts as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur Father\u2019s commitment to us, His children, is unwavering. Indeed, He softens the winters of our lives, but He also brightens our summers. Whether it is the best of times or the worst, He is with us. He has promised us that this will never change.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut we are less faithful than He is. By nature we are vain, frail, and foolish. We sometimes neglect God. Sometimes we fail to keep the commandments that He gives us to make us happy. Sometimes we fail to commune with Him in prayer. Sometimes we forget to succor the poor and the downtrodden who are also His children. And our forgetfulness is very much to our detriment.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is a spiritual lesson to be learned from our experience of that fateful day, it may be that we owe to God the same faithfulness that He gives to us. We should strive for steadiness, and for a commitment to God that does not ebb and flow with the years or the crises of our lives. It should not require tragedy for us to remember Him, and we should not be compelled to humility before giving Him our faith and trust. We too should be with Him in every season.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe way to be with God in every season is to strive to be near Him every week and each day. We truly \u2018need Him every hour,\u2019 not just in hours of devastation. We must speak to Him, listen to Him, and serve Him. If we wish to serve Him, we should serve our fellow men. We will mourn the lives we lose, but we should also fix the lives that can be mended and heal the hearts that may yet be healed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is constancy that God would have from us. Tragedies are not merely opportunities to give Him a fleeting thought, or for momentary insight to His plan for our happiness. Destruction allows us to rebuild our lives in the way He teaches us, and to become something different than we were. We can make Him the center of our thoughts and His Son, Jesus Christ, the pattern for our behavior. We may not only find faith in God in our sorrow. We may also become faithful to Him in times of calm.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas S. Monson is president of\u00a0<\/em>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Love,
\n\"Melanie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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