This week I had a few days off from work because my Elders left for Mexico. To fill a little time- I have been watching the news. In this ever-changing world there are many who want to know the best formula for happiness and yearn to know what to do next. There is a lot of ambiguity among doctors, psychologists, and other experts in their fields concerning a plan of action. I have found that the best council we can follow is found the scriptures. In The Book of Mormon, the word of the Lord is compared to the Liahona, a compass that lead the Nephites out of the desert- a device that worked primarily on faith.
In Alma 37 the answer is found, “For behold, it is as easy to give heed to the word of Christ, which will point to you a straight course to eternal bliss, as it was for our fathers to give heed to this compass, which would point unto them a straight course to the promised land.
And now I say, is there not a type in this thing? For just as surely as this director did bring our fathers, by following its course, to the promised land, shall the words of Christ, if we follow their course, carry us beyond this vale of sorrow into a far better land of promise.”
If we will but follow the words of Christ, both what is found in the scriptures and by living prophets today, then the path will be clear and our future will be filled with hope.
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