Choices

I write, in gratitude to my Loving Heavenly Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ. I am thankful for this beautiful plan He has created so that I can return to live with him someday. I am grateful, that in this plan He has called a prophet, to guide us in these latter days. I am thankful for His Prophet Thomas S. Monson, who leads us and guides us today. In this past General Conference, I had the wonderful opportunity to hear from our beloved prophet. He gave a profound talk, titled, "Choices." In his talk, he spoke about how the choices we make will, in large part, determine whether or not we reach our goal: to obtain celestial glory. To live with our Heavenly Father again. He relates this to the classic novel, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. He says, "You will remember that she comes to a crossroads with two paths before her, each stretching onward but in opposite directions. As she contemplates which way to turn, she is confronted by the Cheshire Cat, of whom Alice asks, 'Which path shall I follow?' The cat answers, 'That depends where you want to go. If you do not know where you want to go, it doesn’t matter which path you take.' Unlike Alice, we know where we want to go, and it does matter which way we go, for the path we follow in this life leads to our destination in the next life." The path we take does matter! And the choices we me make determine which path we follow. Let us be faithful, in making righteous decisions, so that we may be able to live with our Heavenly Father again. I close with my favorite quote, from President Thomas S. Monson, quote, "May we ever choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong." In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Watch President Monson's talk From April 3, 2006 in its entirety here:

Submitted by Elder Cameron Walker