In our eternal journey, the resurrection is the mighty milepost that signifies the end of mortality and the beginning of immortality. This hope changes the whole perspective of mortal life. The assurance of resurrection and immortality affects how we look on the physical challenges of mortality, how we live our mortal lives, and how we relate to those around us. The assurance of resurrection gives us the strength and perspective to endure the mortal challenges faced by each of us and by those we love, such things as the physical, mental, or emotional deficiencies we bring with us at birth or acquire during mortal life. The assurance of resurrection also gives us a powerful incentive to keep the commandments of God during our mortal lives.
Resurrection is much more than merely reuniting a spirit to a body held captive by the grave.
It helps us live together in love in this life in anticipation of joyful reunions and associations in the next. The assurance of immortality also helps us bear the mortal separations involved in the death of our loved ones. Every one of us has wept at a death, grieved through a funeral, or stood in pain at a graveside. I am surely one who has. We should all praise God for the assured resurrection that makes our mortal separations temporary and gives us the hope and strength to carry on.