If I offered to give someone a million dollars, they are most likely not going to say, "No, thank you. I know it's a good thing but I'm just not ready for it yet."
They are not going to wallow around in poverty a little bit longer before they enjoy the riches of a million dollars.
IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
Yet, quite often when someone is offered something of far greater worth, they say those very words, "No, thank you. I know it's a good thing but I'm just not ready for it yet."
They want to wallow around in sin a little bit longer before they enjoy the riches of the gospel.
IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
"Wickedness never was (is or will be) happiness." (See Alma 41:10 - words in parenthesis added)
Satan would have us believe that this statement is false by providing a temporary fix of happiness in exchange for sin, but it always comes back to bite us. Then when we are in the depths of misery, he sits back and laughs, "Ha! Ha! We got her again. She actually fell for it again. This is so easy."
Do people who choose righteousness over wickedness experience heartache? Yes. We live in an imperfect world - a world where the ailments of an imperfect body create its own sufferings - a world where imperfect people choose wickedness and experience the misery of those choices - heartache that is shared by those who love them - a heartache that is exacerbated because a way out of the misery is repeatedly offered and repeatedly refused.
Satan abandons his people and relishes in their misery.
Christ never abandons us. (See Alma 7:11-12; D&C 62:1; Heb. 2:18)
Why would anyone choose Satan's way?
IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
Wow Annette. This is so powerful and so true.
ReplyDeletePerhaps it's easier to just live a way that requires so little of us (on the surface, the reality is that it's actual cost is HUGE) rather than live to a higher standard.
Choices are made one at a time. Sometimes, making the first GOOD choice is the hardest. Making several similar choices afterwards is always easier.
The prophets and apostles of our latter days kept a "Book of Decisions" when they would meet once a week in the Temple (as they still do today). They kept this record because as they deliberated the affairs of the Church and directed the Church, the discussions were sometimes deliberated over and over again. The book of Decisions was one way not to waste time having to re-make a decision.
Perhaps those who continue to decide to make decisions contrary to their innerselves may find that a personal "Book of Decisions" is worht a million dollars if not more.
I love you.
STOP WRITING ABOUT ME MOM!
ReplyDeleteCritter, what makes you think I'm writing about you? Do you recognize yourself in the writing?
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