Visiting Teaching Message
The Divine Mission of Jesus Christ: Comforter
Prayerfully study this material and seek to know what
to share. How will understanding the life
and Mission of the Savior to increase your faith in Him and bless those you
watch over through visiting teaching?
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Faith, Family, Relief
This is part of a series of
Visiting Teaching Messages featuring aspects of the mission of the Savior.
Jesus Christ promised, “I
will not leave you comfortless: I will
come to you” (John 14:18). He will give
us “beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning” (Isaiah 61:3). Because Christ suffered the Atonement for
each of us, He will not forget us. “Our Savior has taken upon Himself… our
pains and our suffering and afflictions so that He can know what we feel and
how to comfort us.” Said Linda S. Reeves, second counselor to the Relief
Society general presidency.¹
Knowing that Christ will
comfort us can bring us peace and inspire us to follow his example by
ministering to others. President Thomas
S. Monson said: “Our knowledge of the gospel and our love of our Heavenly
Father and of our Savior will comfort and sustain us and bring joy to our
hearts as we walk uprightly and keep the commandments. “There will be nothing in this world that can
defeat us.²
From the Scriptures
John 14:18, 23: Alma 7:11-13; Doctrine
and Covenants 101:14-16
From Our History
Elaine L. Jack, the 12th
Relief Society general president, said: “In visiting teaching we reach out to
each other. Hands often speak as voices
can’t. A warm embrace conveys
volumes. A laugh together unites
us. A moment of sharing refreshes our
souls. We cannot always lift the burden
of one who is troubled, but we can lift her so she can bear it well.”³
Our pioneer Relief Society
sisters “found spiritual strength in each other’s love and compassion. … As they suffered trails of illness and death,
they prayed in faith for each other and comforted each other. “The love of God flowed from heart to heart,’
wrote Helen Mar Whitney, ‘til the wicked one seemed powerless in his efforts to
get between us and the Lord and his cruel darts, in some instances, were shorn
of their sting.”4
Consider This
How does understanding that
the Lord remembers you bring you comfort?
Notes
1.
Linda S. Reeves, “The Lord Has Not Forgotten You,” Ensign, Nov. 2012, 120
2.
Thomas S. Monson, “Be of Good Cheer,” Ensign, May 2009, 92.
3. Elaine L. Jack, in Daughters in my Kingdom: The History and
Work of Relief Society (2011), 119.,”
4. Daughters in My Kingdom, 34.
