The world says that we don't need anyone, that we can do it all alone, because after all, the only person in the world you can count on is yourself. But when we are experiencing trials in our life and we are feeling alone, we don't have to. The Lord has experienced every pain that we have and more. He had nobody to be there for him, but we do. We have Him. If we allow him into our hearts and lean on him, we will be made stronger. We are given trials to test us and see how we handle them. We can choose to be bitter and pull away, or we can give more dedication to service and not give into the loneliness and try to rely on ourselves alone, but allow the Lord to be there to comfort us in our trials.
There have been times in my life where I have felt completely alone, with my husband being out of town, having no friends around, feeling as though there was nobody to talk to about the loneliness that I was experiencing. But it has been in those times that I have been the closest to the Lord. By reading scriptures, I have read about people long ago who have experienced loss, pain, sorrow, and fear, the greatest of which being Jesus Christ who suffered for all beyond my comprehension, and I have come to draw closer to Him. As well as see that I am still better off than many in the scriptures who suffer all kinds of pains, like Job. Or the loneliness that Moroni must have felt wandering alone for many years. My pain, while great in my limited knowledge and experience, is small in comparison to those pains that the Savior felt. And I have the privilege to have Him to comfort me when I desire comfort, where He was completely alone without even Heavenly Father in his moment of greatest pain. I am so greatful for the atonement and the blessing that it is in my life to know that not only can I be forgiven, but that I can receive the Lord's comfort when I'm struggling with life's challenges.
