I Started to Wonder If God Even Cared | Hope Works Moroni saw the drunkenness and beating and chaos of a dysfunctional family and went to the boxing gym to release his anger. A trainer, noticing how often he was pummeled, told him that the “fight comes from within.”

That counsel came to mind years later as he sat alone, abandoned and full of doubts in his prison cell. Facing a certain 15-year prison sentence, he prayed in his sanctuary of concrete and metal bars. He remembered a dream from years earlier when he saw the Savior on the beach come to him, lift him up, and say, “I remember you, and I’m with you.”

He recommitted his life to goodness. He prayed and served others. He attended Church services and kept his faith and hope bright. To his surprise, he did not face the prison sentence but was released into drug court where he met his future wife, who was also recovering from an addiction.

For the last four years, they’ve served as addiction recovery missionaries for the Church.

“I never thought I’d be here,” he said. “Christ keeps me afloat in the storms of my life. For those who struggle, know that Jesus is in the ring with you.”

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Being happy does not always mean being without hardship. Sometimes it means just the opposite. That principle is brought to life in this story of a young husband who is only able to make it home safely after his load grows much heavier.

Elder David A. Bednar told the story in his general conference address “Bear Up Their Burdens with Ease.” A man became stranded in the mountains when his truck got stuck in the snow. It was only after he filled the truck bed with wood that he was able to escape.

“It was the load of wood that provided the traction necessary for him to get out of the snow, to get back on the road, and to move forward,” Elder Bednar explains.

When we face large or small challenges in life, we can take comfort in the truth that such experiences will build our strength and bring us closer to God.

“Sometimes we mistakenly may believe that happiness is the absence of a load. But bearing a load is a necessary and essential part of the plan of happiness,” Elder Bednar says.

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