the choice is yours

This world is overwhelmed with choices. Recycle or trash? Text or phone call? Books or movies? Work or school? The list goes on. God has also given us agency to choose our reactions to our every day lives. We have the freedom to choose courage or fear, pride or humility, optimism or pessimism, and greed or gratitude. But my companion, Hermana Anderson, has taught me the most important decision that we must make every day  - choose faith. Sometimes we just have to choose once, in the morning. But sometimes, faith is a choice we have to make every hour or even every minute.

Elder Edgley said this:
" Because of the conflicts and challenges we face in today's world, I wish to suggest a single choice - a choice of peace and protection and a choice that is appropriate for all. That choice is faith. Be aware that faith is not a free gift given without thought, desire, or effort. It does not come as the dew falls from heaven.... So I say, choose faith. Choose faith over doubt, choose faith over fear, choose faith over the unknown and the unseen, and choose faith over pessimism."

Choose not only to believe that Christ lives, but that his atonement is real. Choose to believe that through Him we can truly overcome fear, pride, pessimisim, greed or whatever hardship may befall us. Choose to believe that you can find solace in the merciful arms of the Savior. I promise as you choose faith in Jesus Christ, you will be filled with power to overcome weakness, illness, temptation, and "you shall overcome the world." (D&C 63:47) and find everlasting happiness.