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Continue Walking Forward with Patience; God Will Work Out the Details

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When life throws you unexpected turnswhen everything seems to fall apart or answers dont
comedont give up! God is just teaching you patience.
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As young adults, we face a lot of course-changing life choices. Seeking answers from Heavenly
Father can become daunting when answers seem to be delayed. In the April 2010 General
Conference, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf [https://www.lds.org/church/leader/dieter-fuchtdorf?lang=eng] speaks of the importance of continuing in patience,
[https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/04/continue-in-patience] even when things dont
seem to be falling into place.

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Patience is healthy, but it is a difficult attribute to develop. Usually patience comes slowly, even
painfully. Having patience is especially difficult in those times when we truly yearn for
something. Putting our own feelingsthe desires of our hearts, those things we want with every
fiber of our beingon Gods pedestal is more than difficult; it can be tear-jerkingly frustrating,
heart-wrenchingly painful. Yet putting everything at his feet and accepting the need to be patient
makes things work out in the way and the time they were always meant to work.
Patience does not mean giving up. In fact, it is more closely related to dedicating ourselves to a
purpose and promising ourselvesand Godthat we will not give up, that we will persevere
until the end, riding out whatever storms
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsQ4NHCYrmg] may come. As President Uchtdorf says,
It means staying with something and doing all that we can. When the Lord waits to give us
answers, we can ease our fears by trying to understand why he wants us to develop patience.
This understanding helps us recognize that things will still work out. Being patient, accepting
Gods timing, and doing our part to continue moving forward bless us and lead to the fulfillment
of the very desires of our hearts.
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When we actively practice patience, we show our Heavenly Father what things we deem
important enough to wait for. If we dont care enough about something, we will give up on it
right away if it is not working out effortlessly. If, however, something really matters to us, we
will continue forward, persisting in our efforts until at last it comes to pass. This persevering
patience, makes us grow and helps us become more like God. And that, in Gods plan, is one of
the greatest blessings of all.

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Read President Uchtdorfs talk, Continue in Patience. [https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2010/04/continue-in-patience]

Source: www.lds.org/general-conference [https://www.lds.org/general-conference/]

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Additional Information:
Watch a short clip about a marshmallow experiment where little children were given a
choice: instant gratification of their appetites or a greater reward after a few minutes.
[https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2010-09-18-continue-in-patience?lang=eng]

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Patience is a purifying process that refines understanding.
Our Heavenly Father knows what good parents come to understand over time: if children are
ever going to mature and reach their potential, they must learn to wait.
Patience . . . means staying with something and doing all that we can.
Never give up on anyone. And that includes not giving up on yourself.

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