Driving

I’m so tired. I just want my pain to end. Why can’t I be healed?

Suffering is part of living in a fallen world. When your pain feels overwhelming and you are ready to give up, hold on a little longer. Remember the Savior’s promise that “in the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33), and take comfort from these words by President Thomas S. Monson:

“Some of you may at times have cried out in your suffering, wondering why our Heavenly Father would allow you to go through whatever trials you are facing. … Our mortal life, however, was never meant to be easy or consistently pleasant. … Each one of us experiences dark days when our loved ones pass away, painful times when our health is lost, feelings of being forsaken when those we love seem to have abandoned us. These and other trials present us with the real test of our ability to endure. …

“Only the Master knows the depths of our trials, our pain and our suffering. He alone offers us eternal peace in times of adversity. He alone touches our tortured souls with His comforting words: ‘Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light’ [Matthew 11:28–30]” (“Joy in the Journey,” Brigham Young University Women’s Conference, May 2, 2008).

As you turn to God in your time of need, your trials can give you an increased testimony of the blessings offered through the Savior’s Atonement. Jesus Christ offers relief from sin and guilt, but He also heals our suffering. He personally suffered “pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind” so that He could be “filled with mercy” and know how “to succor his people according to their infirmities” (Alma 7:11–12). Seek the Savior’s healing blessings, remembering that “sometimes a ‘healing’ cures our illness or lifts our burden. But sometimes we are ‘healed’ by being given strength or understanding or patience to bear the burdens placed upon us” (Dallin H. Oaks, “He Heals the Heavy Laden,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2006, 7–8).

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland reminded us: “Believe in miracles. I have seen so many of them come when every other indication would say that hope was lost. Hope is never lost. … Though we may feel we are ‘like a broken vessel,’ as the Psalmist says [Psalm 31:12], we must remember, that vessel is in the hands of the divine potter. Broken minds can be healed just the way broken bones and broken hearts are healed” (“Like a Broken Vessel,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2013, 41–42).

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