Purple

Purple-For Royalty

When I think of purple, I think of royalty. I think of grand robes and great titles; people who are important. 

When Jesus Christ was scourged and spit upon, the Roman soldiers mockingly put a purple robe on Him.

"Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!"

John 19:5

The crown He wore and the cross He carried for us encompasses each of the burdens that we carry in our lives. 

Like a thistle, life is a combination of the beautiful and the bitter. One is not complete without the other. Understanding the pain helps us appreciate the joy.

Sometimes I don't understand how God could love me. Or if He does love me, how could he let me go through so much pain. If I am truly His daughter then why does He let me suffer? 

Whenever I feel this way, I remind myself that God sent His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, His One and only perfect child, and allowed Him to suffer all manner of afflictions.

Afflictions are not a punishment from God.

Trials are Gods way of showing us how much He trusts us. That He knows we are His children and that we have the strength and divinity to endure them. And not only to make it through them, but to become stronger.

I am a daughter of God.

We are each Children of God!May we each live in a manner that we may be worthy to wear the purple robes or royalty and righteousness!

How
could we believe it would be easy for us when it was never, ever easy for Him?

~Elder Holland

Blue

Blue-For Depression

Have you ever felt this way?

Have you ever cried out to the Lord in need? 

"...O Jesus, thou Son of God, have mercy on me, who am in the gall of bitterness, and am encircled about by the everlasting chains of death....

I have felt this way.

I can promise you that the Lord is always there.

Call out to Him.

And oh, what joy, and what marvelous light I did behold; yea, my soul was filled with joy as exceeding as was my pain!

 Yea, I say unto you...that there could be nothing so exquisite and so bitter as were my pains. Yea, and again I say unto you...that...there can be nothing so exquisite and sweet as was my joy."

~Alma 36:18-21

There have been several times, even years of my life where I felt without hope-drowning in the despair of depression.

But I can testify that the God lives.

He Loves Each of His children.

When the bitterness seems to be too much and the heart ache is too deep, please turn to our Savior Jesus Christ! The relief will not necessarily be immediate, but it will come. 

Jesus Christ knows You.

He is there when no one else can be. He can't always take the hurting away, but He can help you through. 

He has helped me.