Why would Heavenly Father give us all agency? What is agency for? How can we enhance the use of our agency?
As I walked into the chapel, my heart leaped as I recognized the back of my father’s head. He had come to visit me, unannounced. I slipped in beside him and sat down. He looked at me and smiled. Then, putting his hand firmly on my knee, he leaned over and whispered a message with meaning far beyond words: “I knew I would find you here, Son.” Simultaneously, Heavenly Father whispered the same message to my soul. I can’t adequately describe the love and joy I felt at that moment.
--Elder Craig Cardon
Others began lives of uncontrolled appetites that continue to enslave them today....says Elder Cardon, expressing the thought that we are free to choose our behaviors, but not our consequences. I so want to be strong! I so want to be good. Hopefully, Heavenly Father helps me to accomplish this in everything that I do.
It takes a certain kind of courage to stand back rather than leaping forward, foolishly allowing someone else to make our choices for us. We can more readily take firm stands when we have a clear idea of our identity as sons of God and bearers of the holy priesthood, having a bright potential for a meaningful future.
~~Elder James E. Faust
As I walked into the chapel, my heart leaped as I recognized the back of my father’s head. He had come to visit me, unannounced. I slipped in beside him and sat down. He looked at me and smiled. Then, putting his hand firmly on my knee, he leaned over and whispered a message with meaning far beyond words: “I knew I would find you here, Son.” Simultaneously, Heavenly Father whispered the same message to my soul. I can’t adequately describe the love and joy I felt at that moment.
--Elder Craig Cardon
Others began lives of uncontrolled appetites that continue to enslave them today....says Elder Cardon, expressing the thought that we are free to choose our behaviors, but not our consequences. I so want to be strong! I so want to be good. Hopefully, Heavenly Father helps me to accomplish this in everything that I do.
It takes a certain kind of courage to stand back rather than leaping forward, foolishly allowing someone else to make our choices for us. We can more readily take firm stands when we have a clear idea of our identity as sons of God and bearers of the holy priesthood, having a bright potential for a meaningful future.
~~Elder James E. Faust
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