Don't Even Think About It

At the end of his recent General Conference talk, Elder Neil L. Andersen said something very powerful: "No choice, no alternative that denies the companionship of the Holy Ghost or the blessings of eternity is worthy of our consideration."

Life is full of choices, some of which seem painfully difficult. It can sometimes be very difficult to choose to do the right thing. Satan tries very hard to get us to make wrong choices. Yet, if we are fully committed to living righteously, some of those choices, hard as they are, have already been made. Ideally, we shouldn't have to think about whether or not we'll keep any given commandment because the idea of breaking the commandment isn't worth thinking about.

We regularly face temptation, but dwelling on that temptation is foolish. The longer we consider it, the more likely we'll be drawn in. So, when Satan offers us a temptation, let's not even give him the time of day. There's too much at stake for us to consider any path that leads us away from our ultimate goal. Life gives us a lot of paths we could follow, but if we care where we end up at the end of all this, a lot of those paths aren't even worth considering.