For the Strength of Youth says:
"Your Heavenly Father has given you agency, the ability to choose right from wrong and to act for yourself. You have been given the Holy Ghost to help you know good from evil. While you are here on earth, you are being proven to see if you will use your agency to show your love for God by keeping His commandments. While you are free to choose for yourself, you are not free to choose the consequences of your actions. When you make a choice, you will receive the consequences of that choice. The consequences may not be immediate, but they will always follow, for good or bad. Wrong choices delay your progression and lead to heartache and misery. Right choices lead to happiness and eternal life. That is why it is so important for you to choose what is right throughout your life."
To me that is a lot to take in, everything we do will either effect us in a good way or in a bad way. I think that if we were able to visualize the action of making our choice and seeing the consequence play out in our mind beforehand, knowing what would happen, we would automatically always make the right decision. Often we take chances and see how far we can go with out being totally affected, but the closer we get to the edge the harder it will be to stay in control...
It is better to stay as far away from the edge as possible to secure our safety, than to risk it. If we put our trust in the Lord, and look unto Him in all things, we will have the strength and ability to get through anything.
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, so watch your step."
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