Adversity

I just got done reading an amazing book! The title is "The Uses of Adversity." This book was given to me by my mother in law, Teri. Teri and I have been trying to find books to help comfort and guide us through this hard time. We seem to have the same taste in the books we enjoy reading and this one is a great find.
On the back of this book it has a great quote:
" The gospel of Jesus Christ is not insurance against pain. It is resource in event of pain."
- Carlfred Broderick
That quote sums it all up and is so true. I have always prayed evening and day to keep my children and husband safe. I have always tried to live my life as righteous as I possibly could in hopes that Heavenly Father would not let any harm or accidents come to my family. After my dad died I thought for sure I had endured enough pain that Heavenly Father would not let me go through another heart ache such as that again. I know the night before Kamber died that I prayed for the safety of my girls and thinking that all would be fine for them especially while we were gone on vacation. I had no clue that night would be our last with Kamber in our home. We know what happened that very day and the pain has happened again. I have not blamed my Heavenly Father or Christ for taking Kamber that day. I have realized Kamber was not taken because I have done something wrong because I have lived a righteous life. Just because I know the gospel of Jesus Christ is true and I choose to live by its teachings and choose to raise my children in the gospel it does not prevent pain from coming into our lives. After reading this book it has knocked me on the head, HELLO, we have to endure pain that is how we learn and grow. We live in an imperfect world and we are imperfect people. We are here to learn and strive to be more Christ like.
I love this book and it has put some things into perspective for me. I can't prevent what is going to happen in this life as much as I wish I could keep my family from enduring any kind of pain. I really don't have any control over my life or any ones life but I do have some guidelines to help direct my family down the right paths to take through this journey of life. And if pain does come our way which it has, I have a resource to turn to and a Heavenly Father to help me through. Adversity comes in many ways and we all have to endure it form time to time. I know we are not alone in our pain we have the best person on our side and he is there waiting for us to let him help.
This book can be found at Deseret Book and the author is Carlfred Broderick.
Happy Birthday to my sister, Becky!