"O, my beloved brethren, remember the awfulness in transgressing against that Holy God, and also the awfulness of yielding to the enticings of that cunning one. Remember, to be carnally-minded is death, and to be spiritually-minded is life eternal."
2 Nephi 9:39
This verse is interesting because it is essentially telling us that we're choosing between life and death every day... that it is a cumulative process rather than one dramatic moment. This is good and bad. Good because likely none of us need extra drama in our lives, but bad on the other hand because sometimes we don't notice how we are slowly choosing death until it is really, really hard to dig ourselves out and save our souls from that poison that we've been drinking.
Today, let's remember that we're choosing life or death right now... that judgement day isn't a class final where we get tested on a few highlights. It's simply the observed result of the project that we are doing now... living. :) Let's make sure we're consistently choosing goodness and things that lead to life, and that we do everything we can to make up for those times when we have chosen captivity, evil, or things that lead to death... both literally and symbolically.
2 Nephi 9:39
This verse is interesting because it is essentially telling us that we're choosing between life and death every day... that it is a cumulative process rather than one dramatic moment. This is good and bad. Good because likely none of us need extra drama in our lives, but bad on the other hand because sometimes we don't notice how we are slowly choosing death until it is really, really hard to dig ourselves out and save our souls from that poison that we've been drinking.
Today, let's remember that we're choosing life or death right now... that judgement day isn't a class final where we get tested on a few highlights. It's simply the observed result of the project that we are doing now... living. :) Let's make sure we're consistently choosing goodness and things that lead to life, and that we do everything we can to make up for those times when we have chosen captivity, evil, or things that lead to death... both literally and symbolically.
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