Welcome to One Minute Scripter Study, a Come Follow Me podcast.

We are your host, Kristen Walker Smith and Kelly Black.

Hey, friends, it's Kristen.

Now, I years and years ago worked with a wonderful Christian girl who couldn't understand our church's doctrine about separate kingdoms of glory.

And after trying unsuccessfully to explain

the purpose of separate kingdoms, I finally just asked her, would you be comfortable living in the

same eternal glory as Adam and Moses and Eve and Job and all your other Bible heroes if you

hadn't sacrificed the way they had? And she admitted that no, she wouldn't. A lot of people wonder why a loving

God would allow his children to hurt when they're trying to be good. The Lord said in Doctrine

and Covenants 136, verse 31, my people must be tried in all things that they may be prepared

to receive the glory that I have for them, even the glory of Zion.

And he that will not bear chastisement is not worthy of my kingdom. In other words, if we aren't willing to

suffer, we're not worthy of God's kingdom. If we want heaven to feel like heaven, we have to be

willing to pay the price to become heaven-like. And even though we may not like it, trials are a part of that practice.

So the takeaway of the day in five words or less is, trials prepare us for heaven.

Thanks so much for being here today and for coming closer to Christ with me one minute at a time.

Friend, if you love this podcast, you are going to love this.

For the very first time, our one-minute scripture study book is going to include dates.

Yes, for 2026 as we dive into the Old Testament, every day is dated and it is spiral-bound.

It's going to be awesome. If you want to get the spiral

bound version, you're going to need to check out your Costco in Arizona, in Idaho, in Utah. If you

don't live in one of those places, grab a family member, have them get you a couple of them.

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