Mark 9:24 Elder Holland: “When facing the challenge of
faith, the father asserts his strength first and only then acknowledges his
limitation. His initial declaration is affirmative and without hesitation:
‘Lord, I believe.’ I would say to all who wish for more faith, remember this
man! In moments of fear or doubt or troubling times, hold the ground you have
already won, even if that ground is limited. In the growth we all have to
experience in mortality, the spiritual equivalent of this boy’s affliction or
this parent’s desperation is going to come to all of us. When those moments
come and issues surface, the resolution of which is not immediately
forthcoming, hold fast to what you already know and stand strong until
additional knowledge comes” (“Lord, I Believe,” Ensign, May 2013, 93).
