Mormonism Minute: Mormonism: Comfort

Mormonism and Comfort

Mormonism is about comforting those that stand in need of comfort... serving our friends, neighbors, and family in the ways that they need. Mormonism teaches people to think of others rather than themselves in order to follow Christ's examples. Of course, we give to others in ways that we are capable and use the talents God has given us -- meaning, we can only comfort others as we have the personal resources to do so.

Just as we give comfort to others, we also seek comfort from our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ for ourselves. This life naturally possesses many challenges in which we need physical, emotional, and spiritual comforts from God. We must be willing to give to others the very thing we need from God
-- comfort. In Mormonism, we learn that Heavenly Father and our eldest brother, Jesus Christ do love us and want to comfort us as we humbly come to Them.

In Matthew 5:4 (New Testament) we are told that those who stand in need of comfort shall be comforted: "Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted." I believe that we will be comforted by God through the service of our fellow beings.

In Mosiah 18:8-10 (Book of Mormon) states, "...As ye are desirous to come into the fold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another's burdens, that they many be light; Yea and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be numbered with those of the first resurrection, that ye may have eternal life -- No I say unto you, if this be the desire of your hearts, what have you against being baptized in the name of the Lord, as a witness before him that ye have entered into a covenant with him that ye will serve him and keep his commandments, that he may more pour out his Spirit more abundantly upon you?"
This scripture explains to us that we become witnesses of God as we comfort others in need. As a result of this service we may receive eternal life with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

CHAT live with Mormon missionaries about Jesus Christ and our duty to comfort our fellow beings :)