“…there are cautions and considerations to make, but once there has been genuine illumination, beware the temptation to retreat from a good thing. If it was right when you prayed about it and trusted it and lived for it, it is right now. Don't give up when the pressure mounts. You can find an apartment. You can win over your mother-in-law. You can sell your harmonica and therein fund one more meal. It's been done before. Don't give in. Certainly don't give in to that being who is bent on the destruction of your happiness. He wants everyone to be miserable like unto himself. Face your doubts. Master your fears. "Cast not away therefore your confidence." Stay the course and see the beauty of life unfold for you.”
-------- Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. BYU Devotional March 1999
A friend posted a quote on her Facebook from this talk, and I looked it up. It is exactly what I needed to hear read today. I have been feeling a little down all morning about having a baby, that maybe I just should give up because it’s impossible. Oh, how I love the Gospel and the happiness it brings me. :o)
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