"As Many as I Love, I Rebuke and Chasten"

Alright so I was looking through the talks from the General Conference in April. I read the one from D. Todd Christofferson and I really liked it. The title of the talk is "As Many as I Love, I Rebuke and Chasten". He basically talks about how God knows everyone of us and that he has a plan for each and everyone of us. He shares a story that President Hugh B. Brown, who used to be in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and of the First Presidency. The story is an experience that President Brown has with a currant bush and being in the Canadian Army.(watch the video at the bottom) The moral of his experience is that he realizes that God is the gardener. He realizes that God loved him enough to cut him down a little and redirect his life and prepared him to be an Apostle. Elder Christofferson's talk  is about how God chastens us for three different reasons or purposes. They are: (1) to persuade us to repent, (2) to refine and sanctify us, and (3) at times to redirect our course in life to what God knows is a better path. I really enjoyed the whole talk. It really hit home for me. I know God loves us and sometimes he makes us go through trials for our good. He knows what is best for us. I have seen it in my life how God has directed me through trials and tribulations.

Here is a video of Elder Christofferson's talk at the April 2011 General Conference.