(October 21, 2014)
Some of
the most painful situations in life are those times when things are out of our
control, but which lead to pain and suffering for those we love. The classic example of a child who chooses to
leave the Gospel comes to mind as the perfect demonstration of this. When things like this happen, our first
inclination is to self-evaluate (what should we have done? what did we do wrong?), and I think that is
healthy.
But
ultimately agency is such that there will be those that we love who make bad
choices – it is inevitable. Mormon was
very clear to say that Helaman taught the people well, but the people abandoned
the faith in droves anyhow. If Helaman
isn’t a good enough example, let us look to the perfect Father that we have
over us – He is without sin, and yet how many of us His children have chosen a
path contrary to His will and which will bring us pain and misery?
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