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Name withheld, "Ancient Examples, Modern Promises", Ensign, Jan. 2011, 30–32


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Although I find most social situations enjoyable, I've struggled in the dating scene. I never dated before my mission, and when I returned home after two years, I felt particularly inexperienced.

In the decade since then, I've tried seemingly "all [I] can do" (2 Nephi 25:23) to marry—something I've been promised in my patriarchal blessing—but have had no success. Sometimes I have felt tempted to despair that I might ever find someone, and in particularly dark moments, I have cried out in prayer: "Please help me. I don't know what I'm doing."

Recently, I have found substantial comfort in examples from the scriptures. The following three stories have been especially powerful in helping me trust in Heavenly Father and His plan.