Happiness amid our trials

Hey everyone,

I want to share one of my favorite scriptures, it is in Alma 50:23. This is right in the middle of the war chapters, when they are having great battles in which thousands die. But it still says, "But behold there never was a ^ahappier time among the people of Nephi, since the days of Nephi, than in the days of Moroni, yea, even at this time, in the twenty and first year of the reign of the judges." How can it be that amid all the death destruction and other trials that they had to face, they still were happy?

Well today I found a quote from President Packer, he said "If you understand the great plan of happiness and follow it, what goes on in the world will not determine your happiness." This quote has helped understand that just like unto to Nephites of old, we can be happy amid the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the crumbling economy, and the continuing spread of evil through out the world. We need to continuously seek understanding on the Plan of Salvation and the atonement of Jesus Christ, and live by it, and then no matter what happens to us in this life we can have happiness and joy in this life and eternal life in the life yet to come.