Choose or die!

I like movies. Nay, love movies. One movie that I love is The Little Rascals. So awesome. It's about a bunch of little boys who have this club where no girls are allowed. One boy, Alfalfa, falls in love with a girl named Darla, and he's kind of stuck in a pickle about what to do. There's this one scene where Alfalfa is dreaming. His friends are coming after him, and so is Darla. They're running him off the edge of the cliff and they start chanting, "Choose or die. Choose or die. Choose or die." He must choose between his friends or his girlfriend. He doesn't know what to do because both are important to him. And right as he's falling off the cliff he wakes up from his dream, or nightmare I should say, still unsure about what to do.

Why do I bring this up? Well, first of all, I like this movie and it makes me laugh. And B) we all face choices each and every day. God has given us agency, which is the ability to choose for ourselves. However, we cannot choose the consequences that come from those choices. We will receive blessings as we choose what's right. The decisions we make will either lead us closer to God, or farther away. "...Choose you this day whom ye will serve...as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." (Joshua 24:15)

So what do you do? How do we know what to choose? How do we know what is right? Well, here's what the Lord has to say about it, "...you must study it out in your mind; then you must ask me if it be right, and if it is right I will cause that your bosom shall burn within you; therefore, you shall feel that it is right." (Doc. and Cov. 9:8) So as we ponder and study and pray to know what to choose, and the Spirit helps us feel that something is right, then that is the direction we should go. Some decisions that we face are bigger and more important than others, and take longer to decide on. It's hard to be patient sometimes as we wait for an answer. Trust me, I know. I'm not a very patient person. There has been something that I've been praying about the past little while, I'm still not sure how it's going to work out, but I keep praying for guidance and direction. I know Heavenly Father will help me to make the right choice, even if my answer may not come right away.

Not to ruin the ending of The Little Rascals or anything, but in the end, everything works out for Alfalfa, Darla and their friends. God will not lead us in the wrong direction. He wants us to experience joy and happiness. It's up to us whether we "choose...or die."