For Thy Good
In the most recent general conference , Sister Tamara W. Runia described a tragedy that struck their family several years ago. She related, “Thirteen years ago our oldest son, Ryan, woke up on a Monday morning, kissed his wife and four young children goodbye, and left for work. A few hours later, he collapsed and died from undetected hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. His heart simply stopped.” She related how she realized this was something that she could not fix and did not understand. She continued, “When I spoke at Ryan’s funeral, I looked at his wife, Cari, and their four children with such a heavy heart and said, ‘I don’t understand why this happened. I don’t. But let me be clear: Not understanding is not the same as not believing.’” She told of a scripture that “has changed the lens through which I view my life. The setting is a jail cell, where Joseph Smith is pleading with God for a reprieve—for a break from his circumstance. Instead, he was told, ‘All these things shall give thee e...