No Luck with Me on Roommates

Yesterday, I was out until 1 am and came back to my apartment.  I saw all the lights were off, so I was putting key code to open the door, but it was unlocked and opened as I was typing them. The first thing came in my eyes was one of my roommates sitting on sofa and on his lap, a girl was sitting. They were facing each other (so the girl was on his lap like riding a horse). Awkward and Inappropriate. They were like that next 30 minutes to an hours, I think.

Then today, right now. The same roommate came back around 11 pm as I was about to start cocking. I was in the kitchin area for 30 minutes, and they were watchin TV or something.  15 minutes later, the TV went off and they were chatting in dark. I finished cocking for tomorrow, and went into the living room area. The first thing I saw is them lying on the sofa under a blanket.

I guess the second coming is coming.

The Three Rs of Choice - President Thomas S. Monson

My beloved brethren, may we be filled with gratitude for the right of choice, accept the responsibility of choice, and ever be conscious of the results of choice. As bearers of the priesthood, all of us united as one can qualify for the guiding influence of our Heavenly Father as we choose carefully and correctly. We are engaged in the work of the Lord Jesus Christ. We, like those of olden times, have answered His call. We are on His errand. We shall succeed in the solemn charge: “Be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord.”¹⁴ That this may be so is my solemn and humble prayer, in the name of Jesus Christ, our Master, amen.

The Three Rs of Choice - President Thomas S. Monson

Brethren, you are of a noble birthright. Eternal life in the kingdom of our Father is your goal. Such a goal is not achieved in one glorious attempt but rather is the result of a lifetime of righteousness, an accumulation of wise choices, even a constancy of purpose. As with anything really worthwhile, the reward of eternal life requires effort.

The Three Rs of Choice - President Thomas S. Monson

We have all made incorrect choices. If we have not already corrected such choices, I assure you that there is a way to do so. The process is called repentance. I plead with you to correct your mistakes. Our Savior died to provide you and me that blessed gift. Although the path is not easy, the promise is real: “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.”¹⁰ “And I, the Lord, remember them no more.”¹¹ Don’t put your eternal life at risk. If you have sinned, the sooner you begin to make your way back, the sooner you will find the sweet peace and joy that come with the miracle of forgiveness.

The Three Rs of Choice - President Thomas S. Monson

No temptation, no pressure, no enticing can overcome us unless we allow such. If we make the wrong choice, we have no one to blame but ourselves. President Brigham Young once expressed this truth by relating it to himself. Said he: “If Brother Brigham shall take a wrong track, and be shut out of the Kingdom of heaven, no person will be to blame but Brother Brigham. I am the only being in heaven, earth, or hell, that can be blamed.” He continued: “This will equally apply to every Latter-day Saint. Salvation is an individual operation.”⁸

The Three Rs of Choice - President Thomas S. Monson

I plead with you to make a determination right here, right now, not to deviate from the path which will lead to our goal: eternal life with our Father in Heaven. Along that straight and true path there are other goals: missionary service, temple marriage, Church activity, scripture study, prayer, temple work. There are countless worthy goals to reach as we travel through life. Needed is our commitment to reach them.

The Three Rs of Choice - President Thomas S. Monson

Our Heavenly Father did not launch us on our eternal journey without providing the means whereby we could receive from Him God-given guidance to assist in our safe return at the end of mortal life. I speak of prayer. I speak too of the whisperings from that still, small voice within each of us, and I do not overlook the holy scriptures, written by mariners who successfully sailed the seas we too must cross.