I have been weighed down and discourage and alarmed and sickened by the evil and wickedness that prevails in this world. It is heart wrenching to hear how even young kids (10-13 yr olds) are ruining their LIVES by getting addicted to pornography.
It is so hard to think about and to know that it is out there and our children have to interact and socialize with these types of people and temptations that are FAR too easy to find and access that were not there 20 years ago.
As I have been spiritually depressed and worried I came across a talk by our dear prophet President Monson called, "Be of Good Cheer" April 2009. I know that this talk was just what I needed to hear. "Our future is as bright as our faith."
And then again, tonight as I was reading scriptures with the family we were in Alma 13:28-29 where Alma plainly teaches a process to follow that helps us overcome the temptations of the world. It is to:
1. Be humble
2. Watch and pray continually for strength
3. Follow the whisperings of the Holy Ghost.
If we will do these things, we will become humble, meek (teachable), submissive, patient, full of love and all long-suffering. Having faith in the Lord, Hope that ye shall receive eternal life and a love of God always in your hearts.
After family scripture study I was reading in my own personal scripture study Moroni 9. Moroni's father wrote him an epistle where he describes the wickedness of the Nephites, which exceeds that of even the Lamanites, and it sounds exactly like the evilness of our day today. It is horrible times for them as well and Mormon's advice to his son Moroni is:
"My son, be faithful in Christ, and may not the things which I have written grieve thee, to weigh thee down unto death; but may Christ lift thee up, and may his sufferings and death, and the showing of his body unto our fathers, and his mercy and long-suffering, and the hope of his glory and of eternal life, rest in your mind forever. And may the grace of God the Father ... and our Lord Jesus Christ.... be and abide with you forever. Amen." Moroni 9:25-26
