"Many of us want the simple way—the process that will not require serious work and sacrifice. Well, I once thought I found it. Driving in the back of a verdant valley above the city of Honolulu, I looked up, and there it was—Easy Street! As I was dreaming of the life-changing benefits of my discovery, I took out my camera to record the blissful moment. As I looked through the viewfinder, however, my focus literally and figuratively became clear. A large yellow sign returned me to reality—Easy Street was a dead end!" -Elder Donald L. Hallstrom - Do It Now!
How funny, but true, this statement is. It is natural for us to want the easy way to everything, especially if that means making our life easier to live. In this talk, Elder Hallstrom talks of procrastinating our repentance till the end. He speaks of what it does for us to procrastinate and what things we will accomplish. In the most simple of terms we will not accomplish anything.
"Many of us place ourselves in circumstances far more consequential than embarrassment because of our procrastination to become fully converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ. We know what is right, but we delay full spiritual involvement because of laziness, fear, rationalization, or lack of faith. We convince ourselves that “someday I’m going to do it.” However, for many “someday” never comes, and even for others who eventually do make a change, there is an irretrievable loss of progress and surely regression."
Today is that day for us to prepare to meet God! It is hard to not procrastinate but it will be even harder to deal with everything at the last day. Christ invites us all to change and to do it now. To live the way he has asked us to live so that we can be happy during this life. Choose to follow Jesus Christ and do it now! :)
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