Alma 38:5 And now my son, Shiblon, I would that ye should remember, that as much as ye shall put your trust in God even so much ye shall be delivered out of your trials, and your troubles, and your afflictions, and ye shall be lifted up at the last day.
While Alma told his son that he "shall be lifted up at the last day," it may be important to note that Alma didn't say when Shiblon could expect to be "delivered out of [his] trials, and [his] troubles, and [his] afflictions." The Lord doesn't often give us specific promises as to when our afflictions will end. There may be some trials, troubles, and/or afflictions that we have to live with for our whole lives.
Still, I can all but guarantee that our trials, troubles, and afflictions will end at the same time that we are lifted up, if not earlier. At the end of our lives, at Final Judgment, or some time during the Millennium, all of those mortal problems will cease, if they haven't already. We know that we can be lifted up at the last day, and we can be confident that all out afflictions will end at that time, at the latest.
We may not know how long our trials and troubles will last, and we may have to live with them for quite some time, but we know that earthly problems are no more permanent than the earth itself. Our trials will end. It's only a matter of time.
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It is sometimes hard to accept "eventually", but the Lord has said it will be worth it. Since we, ourselves, can usually not control whether we have trials, it seems that our choices are to trust the Lord, including His timing, and have peace and hope, or to be unhappy and upset. Which does not make most trials any easier. So, I think faith is the more pleasant choice.
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