When your faith, your family, or your future are challenged—when you wonder why life is so hard when you are doing your best to live the gospel—remember that the Lord told us to expect troubles. Troubles are part of the plan and do not mean you’ve been abandoned; they are part of what it means to be His.6 He was, after all, “a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.”7 – Michelle D. Craig, “Wholehearted,” Ensign (CR) October 2022