Here is the lesson from you guys:
What are some decisions you made this morning?
- what to wear - not as trivial as it initially sounds
what group of people do I want to fit it with?
am I going to dress modestly?
what is my intent/what reaction am I going for?
- what to eat
- am I going to go to church
- will I listen to the lesson/talk/participate in class
- will I be kind - or not - to siblings
- will I be helpful
What are choices you make during the week?
- will I do my homework
- should I study for that test
- will I practice my instrument/sport
- who will I be friends with
- who will I talk to
- what kind of person do I want to date - eventually. :)
- what kind of person do I want to be
What decisions determine who you are?
- will I get angry with my brother
- am I a 'Sunday' Mormon
- what language do I use
- am I going to pray
- do I choose to read my scriptures
- do I gossip - being silent when others are gossiping is often viewed as agreeing with them
- do I drink/do I live the Word of Wisdom
- do I smoke
We are free to choose our actions. The consequences are not up for debate.
Can you pick up just one side of a stick? (or in our case an eraser?)
Some decisions have obvious physical consequences. If you choose to smoke, then you are also choosing to damage your body.
There isn't an obvious physical consequence to choosing not to pray. You won't get sick if you don't read your scriptures. Many of our choices change our relationship to the Spirit. Bad choices lead to a loss of the Spirit. One bad decision doesn't blast us for forever, but it makes it that much easier to make more bad choices, because we have removed ourselves from the influence of the Spirit.
What helps you make good choices? What physical things do you do that help you have the Spirit?
What do you do if your friends say, 'Do this or we're not going to hang out with you anymore.'
What keeps you strong?
Write in your journal about specific things that help you make good choices.
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