Happy New Year!

Happy New Years! I hope everyone has had an amazing start to the new year! Its a great time to refocus anew and set some goals on what we want to accomplish this coming year. 365 days is a long time to get a lot of good done, and when we set goals we are able to focus on what we want to accomplish.

Something I've been thinking about quite a bit recently is why trials come into our life. That is something people ask us about the most it, seems like. Why do bad things happen? Or maybe not even bad things, but difficult things. I was thinking about that during church this Sunday and I guess   these were my thoughts: God won't allow us to be tempted above that which we are able to bear. But that only happens if we are staying close to Him. When we break commandments and draw farther from Him, it's easier for us to make bigger mistakes. I think it goes the same way with trials. When we stay close to God and rely on Him, there is no trial that will come our way that we can't overcome. No matter what it is, He will make us able to bear it. But when we start trying to do things on our own and forget how we got through our other trials, we will eventually be confronted with something that we can't overcome on our own. God wants to help us and to support us through our trials, but its only when we stay close to Him that He is able to do that. Just some of the thoughts I had. I know our Heavenly Father loves us and wants us to succeed. I know that when we rely on Him, He will help us overcome every trial we face. I hope everyone has a blessed New Years!

 Love you all and God bless, 

Elder Hiatt