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We often hear that we will never be tempted beyond what we can resist. But the scripture actually states:
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
He will make a way for us to escape, but we have to take it. He will make it so we can bear it, but we have to reach for his power.
“The Lord is with all power to control our lives, save us pain. prevent all accidents,...even [protect us] from death, if he will. But he will not. ...’If all the sick for whom we pray were healed, if all the righteous were protected and the wicked destroyed, the whole program of the Father would be annulled and the basic principle of the gospel, free agency, would be ended. No man would have to live by faith....”... If we were to close the doors upon sorrow and distress, we might be excluding our greatest friends and benefactors. Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience,
long-suffering, and self-mastery. ...”... I am grateful that even through the priesthood I cannot heal all the sick. I might heal people who should die. I might relieve people of suffering who should suffer. I fear I would frustrate the purposes of God. "Had I limitless power, and yet limited vision and
understanding, I might have saved Abinadi from the flames of fire when he was burned at the stake, and in doing so I might have irreparably damaged him. He died a martyr and went to a martyr's reward—exaltation...“I fear that had I been in Carthage Jail on June 27, 1844, I might have deflected
the bullets that pierced the body of the Prophet [Joseph Smith] and the Patriarch (Hyrum Smith]. I might have saved them from the sufferings and agony, but lost them to the martyr's death and reward. ... "With such uncontrolled power, I surely would have felt to protect Christ from the agony in Gethsemane, the insults, the thorny crown, the indignities in the court, the physical injuries. I would have administered to his wounds and healed them, giving him cooling water instead of vinegar. I might have saved him from suffering and death, and lost to the world his atoning sacrifice. ..."In the
face of apparent tragedy we must put our trust in God, knowing that despite our limited view his purposes will not fail" ( Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball [20061. 14-17,20).
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