Sunday Will Come

In October 2006, Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles gave a talk in General Conference that I really enjoyed, called Sunday Will Come. In it he talked about the Friday of the Savior's atonement and death and how dark and bleak that day was and how evil men rejoiced at the Savior's suffering and death and those who loved Him despaired.
He says, " I think that of all the days since the beginning of this world’s history, that Friday was the darkest." However, he continues, "But the doom of that day did not endure. The despair did not linger because on Sunday, the resurrected Lord burst the bonds of death. He ascended from the grave and appeared gloriously triumphant as the Savior of all mankind."

And then he relates this to our own lives, and this is the part that I like the best, "Each of us will have our own Fridays—those days when the universe itself seems shattered and the shards of our world lie littered about us in pieces. We all will experience those broken times when it seems we can never be put together again. We will all have our Fridays.But I testify to you in the name of the One who conquered death—Sunday will come. In the darkness of our sorrow, Sunday will come. No matter our desperation, no matter our grief, Sunday will come. In this life or the next, Sunday will come."

I can't say it any more eloquently than Elder Wirthlin did, but I'd like to add my own voice in saying that there is always hope of a glorious Sunday, of an end to the bleakness and darkness and despair that the world tries to engulf us in, because we do have a Savior who brings light into the world and into our individual lives, and I am grateful to Him for that.

(And you can check out a brief video clip here.)