More than we can handle?

I have always assured myself that the Lord would never give me more than I can handle. This is sometimes the only thing that would get me through the rough times. At times, I would take things by 5 minutes. I would pray, please, help me get through the next 5 minutes. Once those minutes were over, I would pray for help getting through the next 5. In all my doctors appointments and time in waiting rooms lately, I have been doing a lot of reading in the book by Sheri Dew, God Wants a Powerful People.

I have found this to be a very inspirational book. However, in my reading on Friday, I came across the following that negates the one thing that has gotten me through some of the toughest times in my life.

"We often reassure each other that we won't be tempted beyond that which we can bear. But the scripture are actually conditional on this point. We are counseled to humble ourselves before the Lord, to call on his holy name, and to watch and pray continually so that we will not be tempted above that which we can bear. In other words, the promise is based upon our righteous actions (see Alma 13:28-29).

Further, the Lord does give us more than we can handle -- by ourselves, that is. He does this so that we will have every opportunity and motivation to seek Him early, to put Him first. He atoned precisely so that we would not have to shoulder our burdens or the disappointments of mortality alone." (page 89-90)

Okay, so this blows everything I've ever told myself on this topic out of the water. I guess I need to work on humbling myself so that he will not give me too much more than I can handle. This will become my quest, however, I think I will wait until after the baby is born.

Thanks for listening to my rant.