Hello my friends welcome to another follow him favorites my name is Hank Smith I'm here with the

incredible John by the way we are going to take on a question from this week's lesson which is going to be in first and second

Peter. John the question comes right out of the manual. What gives you hope that

you can find joy in difficult circumstances? Out of these epistles from Peter,

first and second, Peter, John, what would you say

answers that question?

This is one of those big picture eternal perspective type answers.

I love 1st Peter 317. It says it is better if the will of God be so that you suffer for well doing

than for evil doing.

And it kind of made me laugh because it's like you're going to suffer either way.

Either way. You're just, you're going to suffer either way. Either way.

You're just there.

You're in a fallen world, it's going to be hard.

But if it's well-doing, you know God is there, you know he's with you,

you know you're going to make it, you know he's going to help you through it.

There's an old saying that in life suffering is mandatory but misery is optional.

So we don't suffer as those without hope, as Joseph Smith once said. There's always hope smiling brightly

before us and that's kind of what that verse says to me life is going to be

suffering. What's that princess bride quote Hank? Life is pain.

Highness anyone who tells you differently is selling something right? Princess Bride quote, Hank. Life is pain,

highness, anyone who tells you differently

is selling something, right?

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