Student Success Statement: THomas S. Monson

Student Success Statement

“Obedience is the great test of life.”

             Thomas S. Monson

Reflection:

          I totally agree that obedience is a test of life. We really aren’t going to get anywhere in life with disobedience, it just leads to some of the worst things ever. I think the end of this test just shows the result of how responsible you were in life and how much you loves God. To me, I obey God because he is worth obeying. I hear a lot of people complaining about how theres so much crime and bad things going on in the world, and honestly it’s because of the lack of obedience people have to the law, and to God. If people were to obey the law, then there would be no dead people, no murders, if people were to obey God, there wouldn’t be evil, there would be peace just like everyone wants. This life is something that is temporary. Maybe I don’t agree with everything people tell me to do, but I’ll do anything that I know is right. Being obedient should not be put as a whole “What if someone orders me to do drugs?” Okay well, then don’t obey that. We want the best for our life and for our world then be obedient to the things you know are right. Be obedient to God and be obedient in life because it brings a lot of blessings. When you disobey, like for example murder, witch is against the law and against the commandments of God, whats going to happen? You go to jail. That’s not something good. Trust me there are so many good things that happen with obedience. The right obedience. Obey God.

Restoring Faith In Humanity

            Restoring Faith In Humanity

It’s nice to see how many people would be willing to help others. If someone falls down onto the train tracks one person would be willing to lose their life if the train comes just to save the other. Saving a man from committing suicide is something beautiful. There are so many people out there that are miserable and have no one but to have one community save one suicidal man is a very touching thing. Saving a bank from getting robber, saving an animal from suffering. It’s about helping and saving people. The people that we have in our lives who bring us up when we are down and who try their best to make them smile, we should appreciate them, not take them for granted, not treat them like trash, This world needs faith. There are so many people out there doing wrong things and messing up their lives and they don’t even know it. More people need to have a kind heart. This video has shown me the kind of person I want to be when I grow up. I don’t want to ignore someone when they are right in front of me on those train tracks about to die, I want to go and save them. We can save their lives. God has put people like that on this world so that we may be able to save peoples lives, including animals. We each have a purpose in this world we just don’t know what it is yet. We need to restore faith in this world. What good is there to not have any faith? I mean we have faith that we are going to wake up the next morning right? That’s why we make plans for the nest day. We should have that kind of faith when its time to choose the right thing. Even if it means looking uncool in front of your friends. People in the military have to have faith everyday that they won’t die. They help protect our country. We may not be in the military or army or whatever but we can have enough faith to save our people, our brothers and sisters in Christ, everyone. Not just our friends but also our enemies. After all Jesus did sacrifice his life to save all of us and forgive us for our sins. He did it for us. Why can’t we have enough faith to save theirs? We can restore our faith anytime and any day. We have to restore it if we truly want  better and peaceful world. 

   Hebrew 11:1 

              Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.