“Be Patient in Afflictions, for Thou Shalt Have Many”
Doctrine and Covenants 24:8
8 Be patient in afflictions, for thou shalt have many; but endure them, for, lo, I am with thee, even unto the end of thy days.
Elder Angel Abrea said:
“At a time when persecution intensified toward the newly organized Church, the Lord said to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, ‘Be patient in afflictions, for thou shalt have many; but endure them, for, lo, I am with thee, even unto the end of thy days’ (D&C 24:8).
“Tribulation, afflictions, and trials will constantly be with us in our sojourn here in this segment of eternity, just as the Savior said, ‘In the world ye shall have tribulation’ (John 16:33). Therefore, the great challenge in this earthly life is not to determine how to escape the afflictions and problems, but rather to carefully prepare ourselves to meet them.
“I say prepare ourselves because it demands persistent effort to develop patience as a personal attribute. In practicing patience, one comes to understand it and to acquire it.”
(“Patience in Affliction,” Ensign, May 1992, 25.)
