The Joseph Smith quote was "I am a lover of Christ." We talked about the persecution on Joseph Smith and others in October 1838. They were arrested and put in jail. Joseph was chained to the others and they were all in jail, yet he still was in good spirits, writing this to Emma, "We are prisoners in chains and under strong guards, for Christ's sake and for no other cause..." He lists who was chained with him and goes on to write, "....and thus we are all bound together in chains as well as chords of everlasting love. We are in good spirits and rejoice that we are counted worthy to be persecuted for Christ's sake."
Sisters, are you counted worthy to be persecuted for Christs sake? What do you do to stand up for Christ in your daily lives? Sister Rhees shared a recent experience at work where she did just that. She had a nurse using offence language and she asked her several times to stop. The other person made light of it and laughed, so Ethleen put her foot down and very firmly told her that she would not speak that way at this nurses station, ever. And that she would not take the Lord's name in vain in from of her again. The woman realized the seriousness of what was being said and has since been respectful of what was asked. There were other wonderful comments and things sisters do daily to remain valiant in the cause of Christ.
The lesson and the pages in the book encompass much more that I can put here in this little post. I recommend taking 10 minutes to read through the lesson. It goes on to talk about "the valiant love the cause of Christ and strive to develop Christ like qualities." and being valiantly cheerful and how the valiant strive to improve themselves in this life and how "The valiant endure faithfully to the end and will receive a crown of celestial glory."
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