Ponder the path of thy feet

"In thousands of different ways we are privileged to choose for ourselves."

At different times in each life we come to a point of decision. Maybe that choice is career, school, marriage, mission, children, retirement etc. With so many choices ahead of us it is sometimes intimidating to make a decision because we don't know the effects that one decision can have on the rest of our life.

Of all the choices we make "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."

When I heard this in conference last weekend I realized that of all the choices that lay ahead of me after my mission the most important is to follow the path laid out by the Savior. In the end my Father in Heaven will not ask me where I worked or which neighborhood I chose to live in, but He will ask me what good I did with it. 

What would Jesus Christ do with the opportunities you have been blessed with?

 

"Of paramount importance we have been provided with a perfect example to follow... All of us can walk the path He walked when, with His words ringing in our ears, His Spirit filling out hearts, and His teachings guiding our lives."

"Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the words of Christ, and endure to the end, behold thus saith the Father: ye shall have eternal life." 2 Ne 31:19

The Saviors example is perfect and simple. It is laid out in the open for all to see and learn from. If the path is so clearly marked, why is it that so many deviate from it and do not correct their course?

"The Saviors example provides a framework for everything that we do, and His words provide an unfailing guide. His path will take us safely home."

Quotes from Thomas S. Monson Oct 2014 Ponder the path of thy feet