Today is the day when work can be doneAlma 34:32-33 “For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors. And now, as I said unto you before, as ye have had so many witnesses, therefore, I beseech of you that ye do not procrastinate the day of your repentance until the end; for after this day of life, which is given us to prepare for eternity, behold, if we do not improve our time while in this life, then cometh the night of darkness wherein there can be no labor performed.”

We are all afforded the same opportunities. Matthew 5:45 “That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.”

If we seek God we seek for hope to endure all things. “We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things.” Wentworth letter 

If we shy away from conflict and hard things are we are wasting the opportunity. 

What things are we seeking for? People think that they are going to blessed and have an easier life experience by removal of trials if they are good, obey the commandments or follow certain people. That is wrong and a doctrine of the devil. A better life is obtained by embracing the struggles, leaning into and learning from them.

Blessings come from on high. Blessings are the things that flow from heaven. knowledge, ordinances and salvation. Temporal blessings come from hard work and exercise of agency. Fulfilling the laws on which those blessings are based D and C 130:20-21 “There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this world, upon which all blessings are predicated – And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law upon which it is predicated.”

We get to choose how to endure the opportunity. Is it through a cheery disposition or is it through complaining and fear?

Make your choice!