Welcome to Latter Day Saint Keep on Trying, an LDS podcast dedicated to sharing uplifting messages of hope. Today’s podcast is taken from a 2008 BYU devotional given by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Elder Holland is a beloved LDS speaker known for his empathy, understanding and acknowledging the struggles of life, reflected in this address. 

In this devotional he discusses the Prophet Joseph Smith's imprisonment in Liberty jail - the misery, the stark surroundings, the suffering, and ultimately the revelations and spiritual connection with heaven that emerged from such challenging times in this "prison temple". In this address, Elder Holland suggests that spiritual, revelatory and sacred experiences can come to every one of us in the many different circumstances of our lives, through faith in Jesus Christ. In fact, his message is that we can all have sacred, revelatory, profoundly instructive experiences with the Lord in any situation we face, even the most miserable experiences of our lives. As such, there are lessons to be learnt from such experiences, 3 of which are discussed by Elder Holland.