We Receive No Witness until after the Trial of Our Faith
Ether 12:6
6 And now, I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things; I would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith.
Elder Marvin J. Ashton said:
“If we are offended and resentful, can we believe that [God] is bound to help us in our tragedies and disappointments? . . . Our challenge is to endure. There will always be testings and trials along life’s paths. Heartaches and tragedies need not defeat us if we remember God’s promise. A worthwhile attitude for all of us could well be, ‘Help us, O Lord, to remember Thy love for us and help us to be fortified by Thy strength when our eyes are blurred with tears of sorrow and our vision is limited.’ It is expedient for all of us, particularly those who may be weighed down by grief because of acts of misconduct or misfortune, to recall that even the Prophet Joseph Smith had hours of despair because of his very trying experiences in the Liberty Jail. . . . In response to the feelings of his heart and mind he cried out: ‘O God, where art thou?’ (D&C 121:1). The reassuring response came: ‘My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes’ (D&C 121:7–8). The promise God gave to Joseph Smith is a promise for all of us: ‘If thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes,’ and also over heartaches caused by misconduct of [others].”
(Be of Good Cheer [1987], 17–18.)
