In Doctrine and Covenants 90:24, we're taught, "Search diligently, pray always, and be believing, and all things shall work together for your good, if ye walk uprightly and remember the covenant wherewith ye have covenanted." We see the word good again. Search diligently, pray always, and be believing, and all things will work together for your good.
In choosing good, we also have the opportunity to become our best selves. Once, many years ago as a teenager, I didn't see some things the same way my parents did. During one exchange with my father, I realized certain things I could say might sound smart, but they wouldn't be true and would be hurtful. I realized I could choose not to say those things.
That was an important lesson for me. I realized that I could choose what I said and that it felt good and right not to talk back in a hurtful way. We can be better, and making good choices can help. As we do so, we feel good because we know we're doing the right thing—and we can feel joy.
Please remember, we can choose to be good, to learn, and to believe. Heavenly Father knows how all things will work together, and He knows how all things can work together for our good. That's a great promise. It's also my humble testimony.
As we choose to learn new things, the Lord can use the things we learn to bless others.
When we live as obediently and faithfully as we can, we allow the Lord to prompt us toward opportunities to find and experience joy in our lives.
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