*Sunday morning session

President Thomas S. Monson, first counselor in the First Presidency, counseled members Sunday morning about the importance of the decisions they make.

“Some choices are more important than others, but no choice is insignificant,” President Monson said.

President Monson mentioned how the scriptures teach readers that they are free to act for themselves, to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of everlasting life.

President Monson talked about how he tries to pattern his life after Jesus Christ and before making a decision asks himself what the savior would do.

“We can never go wrong when we choose to follow the Savior,” President Monson said.

He talked about the scriptures and how they act as a guide for all to follow that will never fail.

He also shared the story of Alice in Wonderland and how she was unsure of the path she wanted to take and the importance of us knowing which path listeners want to take.

“We all know where we want to go and it does matter which way we go, for the path we follow in this life surely leads to the path we will follow in the next,” President Monson said.

President Monson said all should remember that they are sons and daughters of God and not let the enemy’s voice get them down.

“At times many of us let that enemy of achievement even the culprit self defeat warp our aspirations, smother our dreams, cloud our vision and impair our lives,” President Monson said.

President Monson said all are created in the image of God and this should provide all with a profound sense of strength and power.

President Monson went on to talk about how Jesus when he sought a man of faith he didn’t seek a man from the throngs of self-righteous but from among the fishermen.

He shared the story about how Jesus was with Simon and ordered him to lower down the fishing net and Simon said they’d already cast their nets but that he did it anyway, and after catching many fish, Simon told Jesus to depart because he was a sinful man

President Monson said how after time, Simon, a man of doubt, had become Peter, apostle of faith, and that he had made his choice.

He talked about how there are many people across the world who spend hours of selfless service and related the story of an elderly woman who was sick in the hospital whose grandson was staying with her in the hospital taking care of her and comforting her because he knew it was what Jesus would do.

President Monson finished his talk by giving a simple formula to use when making choices in life.

“Fill your minds with truth, fill your hearts with love, fill your lives with service by doing so maybe someday hear from our Lord and Savior, 'Well done, though good and faithful servant, though hast been faithful over a few things. I will make thee ruler over many things, enter into the joy of thy Lord.'”



Copyright Brigham Young University 4 Oct 2004