“Am He That Comforteth You”

(Isa. 51:12; refer in this text to 2 Ne. 8:3)

With many of you there is the gnawing pain of bereavement and fear. To you the Lord has said, “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted” (Matt. 5:4).

We know there are many days of loneliness and nights of longing. But there is also that which comes from Him who said, “I, even I, am he that comforteth you” (Isa. 51:12).

The Lord is your strength. He is available to you, and when invited, by His Spirit He will come to you… .

You will find comfort and strength as you lose yourself in … service. Your own troubles will be forgotten as you help others with theirs. Your burdens will become lighter as you lift the burdens of the downtrodden and the oppressed.

(Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1997], 688–89.)