Ok, I know that you have heard Grandma say; "obedience brings blessings and freedom". I know that teenage years and young adult years are sometimes difficult. There are so many decisions to be made. There are many influences that are present when making decisions. Sometimes it will be a peer's ploddings, media, technology and just you can be part of the struggle with choices.
Everyone has the Light of Christ when they come into this world. This light will help guide the individual into making good choices. Then when you receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost this gives you even more guidance if you are worthy and open to the promptings.
One truth that I do know beyond any doubt is that obedience to what your Heavenly Father, your Savior, Jesus Christ and your parents would want you to do will bring you great blessings in your life. There is one real true benefit to obedience and that is you will have more freedom. I know this to be true from personal experience. When you obey your parents they trust you and you are given more freedom and choices.
Perhaps I will share again the experiences that I had in High School. Over a period of time my parents learned to trust me and therefore I had access to the family car more than any of my friends. My parents knew that I would always let them know if I was going to be late coming home and they would always know where I was going and who I was going with. One time when we didn't come home when we were suppose to; my parents were worried along with my friend's parents. My parents knew who I was with and where we planned to be. When my parents and my friends parents started to phone each other to find out if they knew where we were; none of my friend's parents knew where their child was going or who they were with. My parents were the only ones.Through various circumstances we ended up in jail for being out after curfew when coming home from a sledding activity. I did not have control over the events that brought us to that point because I wasn't the driver and we didn't have cell phones in that day. However, my parents trusted me and therefore I didn't get any punishment because they knew who I was with and where I was going. Several of my friends had lied to their parents; so that made it even worse. My friends were grounded for a very long time.
Now I can't say I was perfect but I was for my age pretty responsible. Meanwhile, I can't say the same for Grandpa. When we were dating; he would seldom call his parents to tell them where he was and what he was doing. Therefore, he was grounded a few times until I convinced him he just needed to dial the phone. He then experienced obedience brings freedom.
Life is so much easier when you obey and are truthful. There is less contention in the home. There is better communications with your parents. It is a win win situation. I would challenge each of you to try being more obedient to your parents.
Just this week we received our weekly update letter from President and Sister Chambers who are over our mission. Sister Chambers wrote the following thoughts that I thought I would share with you today. " We want every single one of our missionaries to find the peace, joy and the power that come from obedience to the Lord, to gospel principles, to the commandments, to the standards of missionary conduct, to mission rules, and to the direction of priesthood leaders.......
"You may sometimes be required to do things you do not completely understand. As you obey, you increase in faith, knowledge, wisdom, testimony, protection, and freedom."
Isn't it interesting that one of the blessings of obedience is freedom. I testify that as you do this work the Lord's way, you really will be blessed with freedom. In order to obtain these promised blessings, it is best to be consistent and persistent in your obedience, not just with small bursts of effort here and there. Trust the Lord. He will help you."
I know this to be a true principle; just try it. You will be amazed at how much more you will be allowed to do.
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