OUR CHOICE

 

OUR CHOICE

 

We made an infinitely significant choice in our premortal life.

 

God presented us with a divine plan, His plan.

Known by several names -

the plan of happiness,

the plan of salvation,

a plan of eternal progress,

a plan of hope,

a plan of mercy,

the plan of redemption,

the plan of restoration,

a plan of perfection,

and more.

 

We listened with intense attention,

enthusiasm and great excitement.

We weighed all of the pros, all the cons.

 

Later, there was a second,

alternative plan presented.

A very different and opposing plan.

We also considered this plan,

fully weighing this second plan.

 

We considered both plans –  

all sides, all contingencies, all the options,

all the risks, all the rewards, all the nuances,

all the consequences and all blessings of each.

After solemn consideration, extended contemplation,

meticulous discussion and thorough deliberation…

we made a choice.

 

A choice that was infinitely significant

and of eternal consequence.

 

We were free to make our own choice,

without coercion or compulsion,

unencumbered.

  

Fully informed, completely instructed,

we independently acted, we chose,  

and we chose God’s plan.

 

We chose mortality.

 

For some, it was a most improbable and illogical choice,

a choice requiring the most faith,

which made it the harder choice, a more difficult path.

Because with this choice, we chose trials and pain and heartache,

disappointment and discouragement and sin,

frustration, unfairness and weariness,

a choice where we would face fear and evil,

sickness, mayhem and death.

 

It was a choice that would require absolute trust in God.

Trust that a Savior would perfectly perform

a perfect, graceful, infinite and eternal atonement.

Trust that despite sin,

we could be, nevertheless, completely redeemable.

Trust that we are literal children of God.

Trust that He loves us generously and mercifully.

Trust that He is a God of second chances.

Trust that He knows us individually and will,

in our best interest, place

before us a unique combination of circumstances

to test our faithfulness and

help our progression.

 

At times, our choice might seem that the difficulties

proportionately outweigh the benefits.

 But that’s not true!

 

For God has promised

to those that love and follow Him -

“… eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,

neither have entered into the heart of man,

the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.”

 

Our charge: to love, to serve, to obey, to repent,

to be patient, to heed His word, and to endure to the end.

It was the right choice, it was the best choice.

 

In order to successfully endure to the end,

and to realize the unseen, unheard and unknown

glorious blessings awaiting our reunion in God’s Kingdom,

we can’t never, ever give up on our choice.

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Wm. Calvin Hughes | April 6. 2020 | Lake Elsinore, CA