Words of a Prophet

Joseph Smith, The Prophet

"I wanted to say something to you to comfort you in your peculiar trial & present affliction. I hope God will give you strength that you may not faint. I pray God to soften the hearts of those around you to be kind to you & take the burden off your shoulders as much as possible & not afflict you. I feel for you, for I know your state & that others do not, but you must comfort yourself knowing that God is your friend in heaven & that you have one true & living friend on earth, your husband."

I was looking through Facebook when I came across these words. I couldn't believe what I was reading. It's exactly what I needed at this moment. It made me realize what a true great man Joseph Smith was.

At the same time it made me feel sort of sad because unfortunately husbands are not true friends to their wives most of the time. Looking at my own marriage, I've always looked at David like being my everything in this world. No one else matters but him. Yet I don't think he seems to realize that or to really take that as his role. To read those kind and loving words of a prophet makes me yearn for that true pure love that he had for Emma. But I guess I have to stop and look at myself and ask myself if I'm truly playing that role for my husband too.

I also felt some what ashamed because I know that I have been slacking off spiritually lately. I've let things bring my spirit down and haven't been doing the things that I know I should so how can I expect Heavenly Father to comfort me in my times of need if I have let go of his hand. It reminds me that I have the biggest BFF I could ask for! Heavenly Father. So I should live accordinly so that I can always have his comforting spirit to be with me. And his words of comfort are like non I have ever heard before. So pure and simple and true.

How many times have we been annoyed by some insincere words of comfort. Or by someone who goes on and on about how they understand our pain. Heck I think I've been guilty of giving hollow words of so called comfort. But listen to his words. They're not long and full of big words or telling you that things are meant to be this way. He doesn't tell you to get over it or it'll pass. Or that God wants it to be like this. (We've all heard or said these before) I can't even find the words to describe the purity of his words.

I hope that I can learn to comfort in the humble way that the prophet Joseph Smith always did. And now I know where to look for in those moments were I need kind words to lift my spirit. Truly he was a prophet of God.