“How can God have a fulness of joy when some of His children suffer? The answer lies in God’s perfect perspective and His perfect plan. He sees us from the beginning to our glorious potential future. He provided a way, through His Son, Jesus Christ, for all of us to overcome the pains, suffering, sins, guilt, and loneliness of our mortality. God has provided for us the way and the choice. Those who’ve experienced joy through discipleship might help us better understand this concept. Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase we are only as happy as our most unhappy child. I’ve seen this doesn’t need to be the case. My 94-year-old mother has over 200 living descendants. At any given point, at least one of the 200 will be unhappy. If this statement were true, my mother would be in a perpetual state of unhappiness, which she isn’t. Those who know her know how joyful she is.” – Elder John A. McCune
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