Dispelling the Enemy

I really loved Elder Holland's talk from this past Conference. He essentially talked about true love vs. lust. Love will endure all trials, lust is always ready to leave when trials begin.

Dispelling the Enemy

Any time people talk to one of these men of God
Not because of fame but the gospel
I shook his hand he asked ‘are you doing good?’
Never would they be guarded or hostile

At this time three girls make their way
In tears try to share their story
Each divorced resulted fruit of pornography
At that point sigh at eternal glory

What a sore subject to relate
Tears at theirs spark action
Wonder why the world mars in mire
Yet the Church cannot sanction

Immorality is so publicly prevalent
Media industry spew from their pulpits
From the same come much of good
Craters that throw us in deep pits

Yet men do not only fall
All can get caught in the web
Text game chat song – pierced
Little by little our virtue we ebb

If this were a full grown tree
Than attack tree not branches
The true culprit is lust
Some say deadliest in art of ashes

Ashes most from family
Love is to be forever
Lust gluts on all about
We become an ever craver

The whoring of love it is
People give up at any price
Trust it's tender victim
Sale of property timed suffice

Action - proximity governs probable
All sources must be banned
Look at righteous old Joseph
In prison he'd rather stand

Know that this is addiction
You need others to help
In the end it is we that choose
Watching steps keeps a whimpered yelp

We keep our fortress the mind
Keep good expel unsought guests
Do and Be where the Spirit is
Have angels seen or not God enlists

Conclusion - Remember the Savior
Always think of Him you win
He suffered you hurt Him too
Repent! With Him you can overcome any sin

Life is a war between good and evil
Legions fight and we each person
Satan desires to have us
He kills by degrees of poison

Like Nephi of old let us say
I am so weak and easily beset
I groan at all my sin
I trust in God thus am set

Revelation Received - Changes Are a Coming

I feel like with my life that I don't know beforehand what I will do, in some senses (1 Nephi 4:6). I don't know what career I will end up with. The Lord revealed strongly through two impressions, during President Uchtdorf's Sunday talk, that I should be a cop. I've started the process, talked to a RCMP recruiter and there might be possible hindrances with that because I've been lazy with the paying of debts that I have. So, if I was to give advice to posterity: stay out of debt and when you are in debt get out as soon as possible because it could have long-lasting repercussions. That advice works with spiritual debts as well (those caused by sin and yes I know we can never fully pay the debt we've incurred-hence the Atonement). Anyways, so I will pursue being a cop, but if I'm stopped by this debt thing, then that's why I don't know where I'm going to end up. The impression of being a cop came when President Uchtdorf spoke of driving around Canada and seeing that not all was beautiful with our landscape or houses(paraphrase). Also, when speaking of reaching out to others, he said we shouldn't care about what we see or smell. I thought about how cops would see and smell much that would be nasty. On the previous example, the vision that came to my mind is that cops go into the worst areas of a town, both spiritually and physically-thus by having, carrying the Spirit into such places as a torch, perhaps some might come out of their holes of despair. Please help me, O lord, lead me, guide me. I hope it can be said of me, that "Nevertheless I went forth" (1 Nephi 4:7).