Crises of Faith

Sometimes fast and testimony meetings end up having themes.  Today's meeting was kind of like that, with a theme being the right way to handle a questions about the Church.  One sister bore her testimony of how she had harbored doubts for a while, but had eventually had them alleviated essentially through true doctrine.  One of my favorite parts of the Gospel is that we can pray to Heavenly Father for a witness of truth from Him, especially when troubled, and for me, the simple answer for any crisis of faith is to pray.  Once we receive a witness from the Holy Ghost, we can know whatever we really need to know.

There's something else that qualifies as a crisis of faith in a very different sense but with the same solution.  At times we may be in quite a different situation; we may know exactly what we need to do but lack the faith to do it.  The answer again is to pray for a witness of the Holy Ghost, though in this case what's more important than new knowledge is the inspiration to act on our knowledge.

Even Jesus Christ prayed for strength to do His Father's will when in a difficult situation, and when he would have preferred another way, as he prepared himself for the Atonement.  That probably doesn't qualify as a "crisis of faith" for Him, but He did show us what to do when we are in the middle of our own crises.

Last thoughts for now:
The great test of life is how we will submit ourselves to God's will.  Jesus Christ gave an amazingly powerful example to us, and we can follow it.  Prayer can bring us knowledge and inspiration from the Holy Ghost.