Life Will Go On...

"...Judgement is not an end in itself.  Calamities are only permitted by a merciful Father, in order to bring about redemption.  Behind the fearful storms of judgment, which often strike the just and the unjust alike, overwhelming the wicked and the righteous, there arises bright clear the dawn of the day of salvation. ...What he permitted to occur seems clearly to have been for the purpose of calling attention, by the finger of his power, to the wickedness and sins of men-not alone to the sings of the people of the stricken city, for there are many elsewhere who are just as evil minded, but to the transgressions of all mankind, that all may take warning and repent.  Men who stand in the way of God's wise purposes, whether they be good or evil, must suffer in the turmoil.  Thus it is that often the righteous suffer for the unrighteous; and it is not satisfactory to the thinking mind to say that therefore God is unjust.  The perfect Christ suffered, the just for the unjust. ..." -(Joseph F. Smith, The Improvement Era, June 1906, p. 650; italics added.)

Likewise are we to be able to simply waltz through life, especially in these last days.  We need to be able to rise up and recognize that life won't be easy.  We will all doubt and become discouraged somewhere along the line, but that doesn't mean we have to stay that way.  Life is about joy and learning to be happy amongst the trials in life (see 2 Nephi 2:25).

There for life, "...is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience. Salvation never was easy. We are The Church of Jesus Christ, this is the truth, and He is our Great Eternal Head. How could we believe it would be easy for us when it was never, ever easy for Him?" (Jeffrey R. Holland, Missionary Work and the Atonement, March 2001 Ensign.)