Burdens
Last week I was asked to give a talk in church, this is how it turned out: Today I am going to talk about burdens, about the often heavy load that we carry through this mortal life. We have all been in moments of deep despair, in the most difficult trials, truly feeling that life is loading more burdens on to our backs than we can bear. Those burdens may come from our own choices, from our sins and past failings, or even from making a good choice that is leading us down a difficult path. We will always have burdens in our life that come simply because we are humans living in an imperfect world. Elder Bednar explained in his April 2014 General Conference Talk entitled “Bear up their burdens with ease” why burdens are such an important part of our mortal life and how the Atonement helps us endure them. He talks about a friend who convinced his wife to buy a new truck. He went out one winter day to chop firewood for his family in his new truck, but got...