The Lord's Way

Ensign
General Conference
May 2013

I love how he would ask, "Do you want me to speak directly or with sugar?"  I really love this quote, "God has the way to live, to love, to help, to pray, to talk, to interact with each other, to lead, to marry, to raise children, to learn, to know the truth, to share the gospel, to choose wisely what we eat, etc."  "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.  For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts," (Isaiah 55:8-9)  More and more people these days "every man walketh in his own way." (D&C 1:16)  I'm just going to quote the next thing because I can't think of another way to say it.  "The Lord has His way, or the way to love.  Those of the world say that what really matters is that two people love each other.  Our Father in heaven teaches that this is important, but he teaches us more: that there is an authorized way and time to express that love."  When Joseph Smith was asked how he led the church he said that he taught the correct principles and then the members would govern themselves.  It's not true when people say we are just blindly following doing what we're told.  Not everyone pays tithing.  Not everyone keeps the sabbath day holy.  Just look at the news to see that not everyone is doing what they are told.  We listen to what we're told to do and then we choose for ourselves whether we want to do it or not.