How Strong Are You Really?

Sometimes life is hard. For some people, life is hard all the time. Why is this? Why do we have to struggle through life? Everyone knows the saying that "hard things are worth working through" or something along those lines. I know this to be true. Because of the Savior, we can work through hard things with help. The Atonement provides us that help. Matthew 26:38-39 talks about Jesus Christ's suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane. It says that his "soul [was] exceeding sorrowful, even unto death" and that he "fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt". It's amazing to think that a human literally suffered the most excruciating pain, for everyone of us. Do we even do that for the people we love the most? Many times amidst our own trials, we cry out also asking for 'this cup to pass from us' and miraculously enough, in some way or another, the Savior reaches out and does remove the cup from us. Because of the Atonement, the Savior can save us from our pains as we work towards him. Through the Atonement we are forgiven of our sins. We get carnal pleasure from our sins and we don't even have to suffer (in some sense), yet Christ suffered all for us and gets no carnal pleasure. The cool thing is that we can give him pleasure as we live righteous lives and use the Atonement correctly rather than taking advantage of his suffering. When we feel as if our one trial or weakness might crush us, think of Christ, who took upon all sins at once. When we think we can't bare our one trial, remember Christ and his infinite proportions. If he can take all sins upon him, he can 'put' one burden on us and we can get through with his loving and ever present guide.