"O, my beloved brethren, turn away from your sins; shake off the chains of him that would bind you fast; come unto that God who is the rock of your salvation."
2 Nephi 9:45
The idea here that sins are chains is an intriguing one. It reminds me of Marley's ghost from A Christmas Carol, which is a figurative representation of the reality outlined here. When we commit sin, we are effectively choosing to fall into Satan's traps and to be bound to his cause rather than God's. To choose sin is to choose enslavement, through addiction or obsession or sometimes just lack of motivation to escape, like the prisoners that grow accustomed to jail and don't want the challenge of freedom anymore.
Today, let's recognize the chains and traps of sin, and avoid them, working to serve God instead, who is the one that offers us the freedom to become more and better rather than being trapped as we are now.
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