Finding Peace and Joy

Michelle Black, a member of the Trumbull ward, shares how she has found peace and joy during the normal struggles of life and also on particularly challenging days. Diagnosed with several mental health illnesses, Michelle relates heartfelt personal stories recalling the ways she has found peace in physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual ways. She provides messages of hope that are applicable to everyone.

Melissa Post, First Counselor in the Stake Relief Society Presidency, shares how she found peace and joy through the whisperings of the Holy Ghost during times of challenge and exhaustion. From the decision to move their growing family from Utah to Connecticut, to finding help balancing the many life commitments that come from being a mother in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Melissa explains how the Lord has stood by her and given love and comfort when it was most needed.

Ruth Ray, Secretary in the Stake Relief Society Presidency, shares how she found peace, joy, and gratitude during a time of immense loss. In a short period of time, three of her close family members passed away and she herself slipped into depression like she had never before felt. With the help of the Lord, she was able to find peace in this time of pain.