President Henry B. Eyring
The Message
President Eyring taught that the Lord’s promise “Fear not, I am with thee” does not mean our challenges will disappear. Trials are part of mortal life, but Jesus Christ knows us perfectly, has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows, and promises to strengthen and help us through them.
He also taught that the Lord often fulfills His promise to comfort His children through other people. A name or face may come to mind, we may notice someone struggling, or we may feel a quiet desire to reach out. When we respond, even with something as simple as attention, encouragement, or a smile, we can become part of the Lord’s answer to another person’s prayer.
Start the Conversation
Read the summary of the message and the Try This at Home ideas with your family. Then say “Let’s choose one way our family can help someone feel that the Lord is with them this week.”
Try This at Home
Who Comes to Mind?
Take a quiet moment and have each person think of someone who may need encouragement. If a name or face comes to mind, decide on one simple way to reach out.
Don’t Wait for Something Big
President Eyring taught that even simple attention can comfort someone. Look for a small opportunity such as a smile, a conversation, a text, sitting beside someone, or asking how they’re doing.
Encourage Someone Who Serves
Choose a missionary, Church leader, teacher, caregiver, parent, neighbor, or someone else who regularly serves others. Tell them specifically what you appreciate about what they do.
Help Carry Something
Ask: “Who is carrying something difficult right now?” You may not be able to solve the problem, but perhaps you can make the burden a little lighter.
Pray, Then Pay Attention
Ask Heavenly Father to help you notice someone who needs comfort. Then go through your ordinary day paying attention to the people around you.
Find It in the Scriptures
Read Mosiah 18:8–9, which President Eyring quoted. Look for the phrases “bear one another’s burdens,” “mourn with those that mourn,” and “comfort those that stand in need of comfort.” Ask: What could one of those look like in our ordinary life this week?
When Someone Comes to Mind, Take One Small Step
Choose another part of President Eyring’s message your family would like to live together. When Someone Comes to Mind, Take One Small Step This week, notice when a particular person unexpectedly comes to mind. Instead of thinking: “I should call her sometime.” Take one small step immediately if you reasonably can.
Send the text.
Write down the name.
Walk over and say hello.
Make the call.
Offer the encouragement.
You don’t have to know why the person came to mind or whether your small action will matter. Notice → take one small step. That removes one of the biggest barriers to doing good: the distance between “I should” and “I did.”l
Turn the prompting into the smallest possible action before ordinary life swallows it.
Check Back In
At the end of the week, talk as a family about what you noticed. Did anyone come to mind? Did you act on it? Was there a time when a small kindness seemed to matter more than you expected? Did someone unexpectedly comfort or strengthen you? What did you learn about bearing another person’s burden without having to solve it? Did your experience help you better understand how the Lord can keep His promise, “Fear not, I am with thee,” through His disciples?
No grading. No guilt. Just notice what happened.
