A thought from the scriptures
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Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh. . . . And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself. - 2 Ne. 2:27
"Given the freedom to choose, we may, in fact, make wrong choices, bad choices, hurtful choices," said President Howard W. Hunter of the Council of the Twelve in the October 1989 general conference. "And sometimes we do just that, but that is where the mission and mercy of Jesus Christ comes into full force and glory. He has taken upon Himself the burden of all the world's risk. He has provided a mediating atonement for the wrong choices we make. He is our advocate with the Father and has paid, in advance, for the faults and foolishness we often see in the exercise of our freedom. We must accept his gift, repent of those mistakes, and follow His commandments in order to take full advantage of this redemption. The offer is always there. . . . We can always, even in our darkest hour and most disastrous errors, look to the Son of God and live."
