"Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to act for yourselves—to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life."
2 Nephi 10:23
This is really cool, because it puts our salvation in our own hands on one level... obviously God provides it for us, but through our choices we can accept or reject that salvation that is offered to us. It also means that no one else can steal that from us--no one else can stop us from partaking of the goodness of God.
It's also a little scary, because that also means that we can't push the responsibility off on anyone else. If we chase things that make us miserable and then we reap misery from those seeds that we have planted, we don't get to blame God for that. It's on us.
Today, let's have some hope and joy in the fact that God remembers us, and that he offers us salvation and has made us free. Let's work for that happiness and peace that are within our grasp as we turn to God and work for the good of others. Let's choose the eternal life option, and let go of the dark parts of ourselves as we change for the better.
2 Nephi 10:23
This is really cool, because it puts our salvation in our own hands on one level... obviously God provides it for us, but through our choices we can accept or reject that salvation that is offered to us. It also means that no one else can steal that from us--no one else can stop us from partaking of the goodness of God.
It's also a little scary, because that also means that we can't push the responsibility off on anyone else. If we chase things that make us miserable and then we reap misery from those seeds that we have planted, we don't get to blame God for that. It's on us.
Today, let's have some hope and joy in the fact that God remembers us, and that he offers us salvation and has made us free. Let's work for that happiness and peace that are within our grasp as we turn to God and work for the good of others. Let's choose the eternal life option, and let go of the dark parts of ourselves as we change for the better.
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