I love our dear apostle Joseph B. Wirthlin and the talk he gave a few years back titled "Come What May and Love It." I love the optimism and hope that the talk brought. I understand the power of his message that with faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ we can have hope through life's hard times. But, here I am, in one of life's hard times and I don't love it. Stubbornly, I am not going to try to love it either. I don't love the hurt and heartache in my life right now. I don't love the red-puffyeyes or the pain. I am not ever going to learn to love it either. Let's be honest...there is nothing to love about hurting. Now that I have you all worried about my pessimism, let me comfort you with these next thoughts. Although I am not ever going to love hurting, crying and the loneliness I feel. Although I will never laugh about this, this is what I feel about the phrase our dear apostle so wisely shared, "Come What May and Love It." The pain and the hurt is not the part we are to love. Life will come whether we like it or not. Pain, hurt, and grief will come whether we like it or not. We probably won't ever love it. But, in those times, there are many things to love. This is where the "... and Love It" comes in. I do love my family and friends that support me and share the pain. I do love the hugs without words and the diet cokes brought by friends to cheer me up. I do love the laughs that I do have to distract me from the hurt. I do love the tears that eventually and ever so slowly wash away the pain. I do love watching Friends episodes to make me laugh and forget for a while. I do love the gospel of Jesus Christ that does promise me that these times do not last forever and this hurt will go away. I do love that my Lord Jesus Christ truly does understand. I do love that He was born so long ago to help me, and all of us, through times such as these that are so hard alone. I do love that even though His physical arms can't hold me, he inspires others to. I may not and will not ever love times like these even when I look back, but I can and do have a lot of other things to love right now.
