Does a sand castle withstand? We all know what happens when the waves come- all of our hard work is demolished and our sand castle is gone! It doesn't hold up when the storm comes. How do we make sure that our lives are much stronger than the sand castle? We build on something much much stronger! There's a primary song that the kids learn that goes: The wise man built his house upon the rock, the wise man built his house upon the rock, the wise man built his house upon the rock, And the rains came tumbling down. The rains came down, and the floods came up, the rains came down, and the floods came up, the rains came down, and the floods came up, And the house on the rock stood still. The foolish man built his house upon the sand, the foolish man built his house upon the sand, the foolish man built his house upon the sand, And the rains came tumbling down. The rains came down, and the floods came up, the rains came down, and the floods came up, the rains came down, and the floods came up, And the house on the sand washed away. I have always liked this song, but now it has so much more than just words to it. It is telling us how we should build our life. It's telling us that the things of the world are the sand that we can build upon. The things of the world may appear to make us happy, but when the "storms" of life come are we truly happy? Do these things support and sustain us? Are our friends always there for us?
Thankfully we know that there is something better that we can build upon. What would this be you may ask, well here you go! The answer to all life's questions can be found in the scriptures: 3 Nephi 11:39 says: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, that this is my doctrine, and whoso buildeth upon this buildeth upon my rock, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against them." This scripture is found in the part of the Book of Mormon where Christ has come to the Nephites. He has come as a resurrected being and is teaching them. He is bringing them the Gospel in it's fulness. He is telling them how to "build" their lives. He tells them that the things he has taught them are the "rock" that they should build on. If we build our lives on the "rock" that the Savior has shown us, then when the "storms" of life come our hard work, like the sand castle, will not be washed away. Our lives will stay intact. The rock will withstand our "storms", or trials. The Savior, who is the rock we build upon, will support us and sustain us. I know that he helps us to weather the storms if we will let him be there with us. He will not leave us. He will bear some of the burden that we cannot bear on our own! I know that when we build our life on the things of the Savior, his doctrines, we will withstand the "storms" of life. We will be happy and the Savior will be there for us through these "storms"!
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