Synonym for: Trials, Suffering
Overcoming adversity is an essential part of Heavenly Father’s plan for our eternal salvation. Though adversities are a difficult piece of our mortal existence, they are given to us to help us grow in faith, love, patience, and hope. The way we respond to our trials will determine the person we become on our journey of overcoming adversity. As President Dallin H. Oaks stated over the BYU pulpit, “Like the mortal life of which they are a part, adversities are temporary. What is permanent is what we become by the way we react to them” (“Adversity,” 17 January 1995).
But we are not tasked with overcoming adversity on our own. In Alma 7:11–12 we read that, because of the Atonement, Christ will take upon Himself our pains, sicknesses, temptations, and afflictions. Christ is our perfect example of overcoming adversity.
This collection of devotionals is overflowing with advice from respected scholars and Church leaders about overcoming adversity. Though each person’s experience is unique, they all echo the same theme: overcoming adversity is always possible through Christ.
