Life’s somber and challenging moments often cause us to wonder if God has forgotten us. In the book, If God Loves Me, Why This? Finding Peace in God’s Plan for Us (Deseret Book, $14.95, hardcover) Kim Nelson shows readers how to feel and see the evidences of God’s love and support, even in life’s darkest moments.

Nelson suggests that having a clear understanding of four principles will help make sense of the potentially painful puzzle of mortality:

(1) the role we played in the process of choosing to come to Earth,

(2) the nature of God’s parental affection for us,

(3) the level of the adversary’s commitment to keep us from these truths, and

(4) what we can do to get the most out of our earthly test.

His insightful stories and analogies shed new light on truths that will help readers find happiness in God’s plan and realize how much He is aware of and loves His children.

If God Loves Me, Why This? is available at all Deseret Book stores and at DeseretBook.com.