Why Not?

Why not be obedient?  What good comes from disobedience?  Do you want to be happy?  Do you want to have peace?  Do you want to return to live with God? 

Luke 18: 18, 20-23, "And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.

Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich."

Prophets

Throughout history God has called prophets. Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and many others. They were called of God and given the priesthood, which is power and authority given to man to act in God's name. They taught the people about Jesus Christ and what they needed to do to follow Him. Amos 3: 7 reads, "Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets." Everyone has their ability to choose, some chose to follow their teachings and others chose not to. When the people followed the prophets, they were blessed. When the people chose to reject the prophets, God would withdraw His priesthood authority to teach and administer the ordinances of the gospel.

"RISE ABOVE THE BLUES"

Change can be difficult.  I have had a lot of experiences on my mission that have really made me change.  It is interesting to be able to look back on my life and see how things were placed in front of me to remind me who I am.  Every experience we go through is for a reason.  Our whole mortal life is for a reason.  Our purpose is to find out who we are, and change to become what we were meant to become!

You Are What You Eat

There are a lot of things in the world that compete for our attention.  Whether it is the media, school, friends, religion.  A lot of things are beckoning for our attention.  Our personality, even our character, is determined by our choice of activities and things we do.  It makes sense, what is taken in is what comes out.  If you plant a apple seed, you can expect a apple tree.  There would be no reason to expect a orange tree.