{"id":1159,"date":"2018-05-17T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dakotajsummers.com\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2018-05-14T15:44:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T22:44:36","slug":"growing-pains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dakotajsummers.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/17\/growing-pains\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Pains"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the spirit of Mother\u2019s Day being yesterday I thought I would share a story about my mother this week 😊 <\/p>\n

When I was younger I would wake up in the middle of the night sometimes crying because of the pain I was in. My mom would come in my room to see if I was okay. After a few minutes of talking she quietly walked back into her room and grabbed a rice pack then we would walk downstairs to the kitchen.
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\n\"\"<\/a>As she put the rice pack in the microwave she turned on the microwave light and set me on the kitchen counter and we talked. She comforted me and told me everything would be okay and that I was just growing. Her comforting words made me feel better, but she also taught me a very important lesson. <\/p>\n

Growth in life comes through those pains and hard things but we are never alone. Throughout my mission I\u2019ve faced several of those growing pains, times when I struggled, times where I felt lost or abandoned, or inadequate, but just as my mother comforted me the Savior was there to pick me up and have a little talk with me. <\/p>\n

Christ is our comforter, He knows what it’s like to be in pain and to suffer what we may be suffering, but He’s there to help us and assure us that we will be okay.<\/p>\n

Growing pains are necessary for us in life because it helps us to grow taller and stronger. As we face spiritual growing pains, or trials, we see our character change and we see that over time we are able to spiritually grow taller and stronger as we rely on our Savior. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The sacrifice of Jesus Christ is like our spiritual rice pack, it\u2019s there to ease the pain, to lift our burdens, and to comfort us. We have been given the wonderful blessing of having a Savior to come to our side when we hurt and to truly love and understand us. <\/p>\n

My mom was able to know what pain I was in because she at one point had felt those similar growing pains. And just how my mom knew what I was going through, our Savior knows what we are going through or have gone through because He\u2019s been there. <\/p>\n

I want everyone to know that even though life can be tough and there are times we are tried and tested to our very last ounce, or we feel as though we are drowning and can\u2019t stay afloat, or we have fallen and we can\u2019t get up, there is always a way when we rely on the divine help of Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

I hope every had a wonderful Mother\u2019s Day. I know for me I am truly blessed to have the wonderful mother I do in my life and I am grateful I was able to see her and the rest of my family yesterday. <\/p>\n

I hope y\u2019all have a great week, and stay cool 😎\u00a0<\/p>\n

Love,<\/p>\n

Elder Summers\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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