Do Good

I was reading in the scriptures recently and it spoke about "doing good continually" and that if we did so we would receive many spiritual rewards. As I look back over the past months I will say that choosing to do good was not the easy choice. At the time my mistakes completely destroyed my life and hurt many others. I will never try to justify my actions or make excuses. But there was a moment, a very distinct moment, where I had to choose what path I would take. Taking the worldly path and giving up would have been EASIER at the time. Thankfully I have a Heavenly Father who loves me and put things in place to help me make the right choice. And that choice was to DO GOOD.

Doing good continually is not easy but I do believe that it becomes easier as we experience failure and success. The more good we do the easier it becomes and the more we recognize the Savior in our lives. The road to change is not an easy one. When you are going down the wrong path it is as if you are running down a steep hill and as you continue down it you pick up speed. Many times our lives come to a screeching halt at the bottom of the hill. This can be referred to as "rock bottom". If we allow ourselves to get to this point, our lives and our souls are in serious jeopardy. But we still can make a choice, even when we hit rock bottom. We can either stay at the bottom and bury ourselves or we can choose to do good and begin the long journey back up the hill. I will tell you, that even though the journey back is difficult, it is the RIGHT choice. It is the choice that we all must make. Whether we have fallen down a little hill or a huge mountain, we need to choose to do good continually. The Lord will provide the necessary assistance and we are never alone.

I know that life is hard at times. I know that many people struggle with many different things. I know that many of us have fallen and fallen hard. But I also know that we can turn around, face our demons, and choose to do GOOD. We can make it back from anything. It takes strong determination and a sincere effort but it can be done. Satan will be relentless in his attempts to destroy us. We will be fighting a battle. A difficult battle. A never ending battle. But we can win the battle every day by doing good and doing it sincerely. We will find peace and we fill find strength. We will find truth and we will find love. We will inevitably trip up or fall down on our journey back, but we will get right back up and continue forward to our destination.

I hope and pray that my experiences can help people on their individual journeys. I hope that my mistakes can be used for good, to help people to choose good. I hope that my experiences may help others avoid the same mistakes. I hope and pray those that I have hurt may come to know that I am sorry and that I have chosen to do good.

Although there are consequences, and at times severe consequences for our mistakes, it is never to late and it is always better to make the right choice. You can be healed, you can overcome, and you can DO GOOD.