A piece of work at the BYU Museum of Art shows Job lying in misery and a scripture is above his head, and God is asking, "Have your forgotten that I am the creator of all things?" and a scripture below says, "Thou aren't yet as Job." A wise owl sits above Job, symbolic of Christ, looking over Job.

In this piece Job is symbolic of all of us.  We are down at times, we are depressed, and lost, but we cannot forget Christ, He who is the creator of all things.

DC 122:

7 And if thou shouldst be cast into the pit, or into the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the deep; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements combine to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of hell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good.

8 The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he?

9 Therefore, hold on thy way, and the priesthood shall remain with thee; for their bounds are set, they cannot pass. Thy days are known, and thy years shall not be numbered less; therefore, fear not what man can do, for God shall be with you forever and ever.

All these pains and horrors and sadness we see, will only be for our good.  We just have to be patient in waiting for it.

DC 121:
7 My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment;8 And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes.9 Thy friends do stand by thee, and they shall hail thee again with warm hearts and friendly hands.10 Thou art not yet as Job; thy friends do not contend against thee, neither charge thee with transgression, as they did Job.

We must always remember the testimony that Job shared, "I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES." 

Sustain means to hold up or bear up and support.  Just as we sustain Christ and his leaders on the earth today, they promise to sustain us.

Even if you cannot always see that silver lining on your clouds, God can, for He is the very source of the light you seek.  He does love you, and He knows your fears.  He hears your prayers.  He is your Heavenly Father, and surely He matches wit His own the tears His children shed . . . They (Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ) sustain us in our hour of need - and always will, even if we cannot recognize that intervention." Elder Holland

They are not leaving us without help.  We are being sustained all the while we sustain them.

"And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up."  Doctrine and Covenants 84:88

We are never alone.  We may feel alone, but we are never alone.  No matter the situation He will always be by our side wanting to hold us up. 

Elder Holland also taught us that Christ walked the long and lonely road alone, so we don't have too.

One thing I love about art history is that it connects the secular and religious history.  We see things in the art that depicts what happened in the Bible. 

Lately, we have been reading about the Saxons and other Scandinavian tribes.  They started very tribal, but later more and more missionaries went to visit them and they became more Catholic. 

A source by St. Patrick, he says, quoting the apostles, "the spirit held is when we don't know how to pray or what we should pray for."  Sometimes i am at a loss as to what to pray for.  I don't want to pray for my own desires nor do i want to say the same pray again and again.  We all have the spirit with us, and he is to guide us in ALL things.  Including prayer.  It also states that in Preach my Gospel.  Sometimes we kneel and just wait for our words to be guided and maybe those prayers are shorter, but they have the spirit with them. 

Continuing on it says, "the spirit prays with a language which goes beyond mere words.  The Lord is our spokesman who prays for us."  We pray through Christ, with the spirit, and the Lord always listens.   

In Alma we read, "Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for good; yea when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord," 

I know that prayer is sometimes hard, we may feel we are talking to a wall, or no one is listening, but we must do it.  Every morning and night and walk with a prayer in our hearts throughout the day.  It is a commandment and it is the best way to receive help.  So pray to God, share everything in your heart, talk to him as you would your father, and tell him everything!

Being on my knees so long

My heart sang its song

I had a question on my mind

I was in a bind

Before me I saw two ways

I’ve mulled it over for days

I know what I desire

But they are things I can’t acquire

However, God knows what I need

And that’s why I plead

So he can guide me

And my salvation is a guarantee