Adam fell that men might be Happy

Last night Kirk gave our family home evening lesson. The lesson he taught was so great that I wanted to share it with you. It can change your life forever. He taught it from one of the greatest forms of media; The Book of Mormon. 

We read 2Nephi 2:25-26. These verses say: 

Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy. And the Messiah cometh in the fulness of time, that he may redeem the children of men from the fall. And because that they are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever, knowing good from evil; to act for themselves and to not be acted upon, save it be by the punishment of the law at the great and last day, according to the commandments which God hath given.

 We are to act and not be acted upon. We are free forever to choose how we will act to situations in life. This is such an amazing blessing that I think we as imperfect beings tend to forget. Life can get pretty difficult sometimes. One thing that I think will help us as we deal with trials, struggles, pain, etc. is to stop and think, "Is this something I had control over...or not." If we had no control over the situation, we needn't work ourselves up in a frenzy...we can still choose to be happy despite our predicament. Of course even if we didn't have control over the situation, it still stinks, BUT we can say to ourselves "I did what I had power to do" and leave it at that and not let our "natural man" (Mosiah 3:19) carry us away into a state we know we don't want to be in. 

I am so grateful I have a loving husband to remind me of such a profound lesson that I hope to never forget again. I love the scriptures. I love the gospel. I love my husband. 

The end.