All of us falter at one time or another and question our importance or question if we are able to accomplish hard things. In my reading this morning I was so touched by what Paul is teaching us in the New Testament. I have been so pleased to see people pull together and achieve many hard things and serve those around us, especially over the past few years. If you feel that you are not enough, please know that many are praying for you. And sometimes you need to let others know that you need help.
I LOVE my family and friends and I love my ward. I am so thankful for the Atonement that gives me a chance to forgive, be forgiven and try again.
Romans 15:1. “Bear the Infirmities of the Weak”
Paul taught that “we then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves” (Romans 15:1). President Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008) related an example of strong members of the Church bearing the infirmity of one who felt weak:
“Remember, we are not alone. We belong to a great body of friends, thousands upon thousands who are striving to follow the teachings of the Lord. …
“I remember interviewing a discouraged missionary. He was having trouble with a language which was not his own. He had lost the spirit of his work and wanted to go home. He was one of 180 missionaries in that mission.
“I told him that if he were to go home he would break faith with his 179 companions. Every one of them was his friend. Every one of them would pray for him, fast for him, and do almost anything else to help him. They would work with him. They would teach him. They would get on their knees with him. They would help him to learn the language and be successful because they loved him.
“I am happy to report that he accepted my assurance that all of the other missionaries were his friends. They rallied around him, not to embarrass him, but to strengthen him. The terrible feeling of loneliness left him. He came to realize that he was part of a winning team. He became successful, a leader, and he has been a leader ever since.
“That’s what each of us must do for one another.
“Paul wrote to the Romans, ‘We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak.’ And then he added these significant words, ‘And not to please ourselves.’ (Rom. 15:1.)” (“Strengthening Each Other,” Ensign, Feb. 1985, 3).
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