Agency

My Position on Agency

There have certainly been times in my life where I wish I did not have the agency to choose for myself. I spent a great deal of my life making poor choices. Not saying that the poor choices are gone away, they are still here. Would life be easier with definite rules that lead to happiness that everyone must follow. “The Fall made possible in our lives feelings of both happiness and sadness. We are able to understand peace because we feel turmoil,” Elder Richard G. Scott. I love to be happy, if that means I have to experience sorrow and heartache, it is worth it. I just hope that my agency always leads me back to my Savior Jesus Christ. My prayers are also with my children. I see their strengths and their weaknesses and I know that Satan sees them too. I can only hope that their agency sends them on the path to a better life centered around the Savior.

Quotes

1.President Thomas S. Monson – October 2014 Conference “Ponder the Path of Thy Feet” htatps://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/10/ponder-the-path-of-thy-feet?lang=eng

 “There is no higher end than this that we should choose to accept His discipline and become His disciples and do His work throughout our lives. Nothing else, no other choice we make, can make of us what He can.”

2.President Thomas S. Monson – April 2015 Conferenc “Blessings of the Temple” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/blessings-of-the-temple?lang=eng

“My brothers and sisters, in our lives we will have temptations; we will have trials and challenges. As we go to the temple, as we remember the covenants we make there, we will be better able to overcome those temptations and to bear our trials. In the temple we can find peace.”

3.President Thomas S. Monsons- October 2014 Conference “Guided Safely Home” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/10/guided-safely-home?lang=eng

“The lighthouse of the Lord beckons to all as we sail the seas of life. Our purpose is to steer an undeviating course toward our desired goal—even the celestial kingdom of God.”

4. President Dieter F. Uchtdorf- October 2014 “Lord is it I?” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/10/lord-is-it-i?lang=eng&query=Lord+is+it+i

 “They may appear on the outside to be disciples of Jesus Christ, but on the inside their hearts have separated from their Savior and His teachings. They have gradually turned away from the things of the Spirit and moved toward the things of the world.”

5. President Dieter F. Uchtdorf- October 2010 “Of Things That Matter Most” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/10/of-things-that-matter-most?lang=eng

“It is said that any virtue when taken to an extreme can become a vice.”

6. Elder Russell M. Nelson- October 1998 Conference “We Are Children of God” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1998/10/we-are-children-of-god?lang=eng

“A firm understanding of body and spirit will shape our thoughts and deeds for good.”

7. Elder Russell M. Nelson- October 1998 Conference “We Are Children of God” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1998/10/we-are-children-of-god?lang=eng

“We will regard our body as a temple of our very own.  We will not let it be desecrated or defaced in any way. We will control our diet and exercise for physical fitness.”

8. Elder Dallin H. Oaks-April 2015 Conference “The Parable of the Sower” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/the-parable-of-the-sower?lang=eng

"Spiritual food is necessary for spiritual survival, especially in a world that is moving away from belief in God and the absolutes of right and wrong."

9. President Boyd K. Packer-April 2015 “The Plan of Happiness” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/the-plan-of-happiness?lang=eng

“Temptations are ever present. Because the adversary cannot beget life, he is jealous toward all who have that supernal power. He and those who followed him were cast out and forfeited the right to a mortal body.”

10. Elder Scott-October 2014 “Make the Exercise of Faith Your First Priority” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2014/10/make-the-exercise-of-faith-your-first-priority?lang=eng

“The Fall made possible in our lives feelings of both happiness and sadness. We are able to understand peace because we feel turmoil.”

“Because He respects your agency, Father in Heaven will never force you to pray to Him.”