There is a lot of talk in the world about "free-will" and having the RIGHT to do what you want when you want. People over the ages, and most assuredly now in our ME culture, claim there really is no right and wrong, that everything is nothing more than moral relativity. If it feels right, go ahead and do it. And the world be damned because it is personal choice that no one has any business interfering in.
I was taught and have always believed this ""free-will" or agency as it is spoken of in the scriptures, is one of the most glorious gifts a loving Heavenly Father has given us. And that it carries with it a responsibility because there ARE consequences.
I recently read this definition which I think really spells out how this powerful behavior can be a tool for good. It is from an address given by Randy D. Funk in the April 2022 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Perhaps it speaks to you, too!
THE GIFT OF AGENCY IS NOT SIMPLY
THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE,
IT IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
CHOOSE THE RIGHT.
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