Hello, why religion friends? John Hilton here.

Think of a time in your life when things went better than you thought they would.

For me, the first example that comes to mind is a few years ago when I went to a sushi restaurant for the first time.

I had really low expectations, but it turns out I love sushi and it was an incredible experience. Now think of a time when you

participated in an activity and things went worse than you thought they would. For me, an example

is when I went snorkeling a few years ago. I love snorkeling, but as I got into the water, it was so

cold. I was really disappointed and as a result did not actually have that great of an experience.

Now if you think about it, snorkeling in an exotic location is clearly a lot better than eating

sushi at a restaurant.

But because the sushi restaurant exceeded my expectations and they weren't met with snorkeling,

I actually had a better time eating sushi than met with snorkeling, I actually had a better time eating

sushi than I did snorkeling. I'm not alone in my experience with mismatched expectations.

Researchers have found that momentary happiness is a state that reflects not how well things

are going, but instead whether things are going better than expected.

All of this is to say our expectations matter.

This is especially important when it comes to our expectations for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

Some of the heartache we experience immortality might be because our expectations for them aren't what they should be.

We can see this phenomenon with some of the early followers of Jesus Christ.

As inheritors of nearly 2,000 years of teachings regarding the resurrection,

we might find it challenging to deeply empathize with how the Savior's followers must have felt

in the hours after the crucifixion.

They believed he was the Messiah, but their expectations for the Messiah was a warrior king.

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