Changes---Small things matter

There is a member here that is 22 he recently stopped smoking and doing drugs and even received the priesthood. He had to completely turn his life around and he did it. He was reading the Book of Mormon almost every day. He also was coming to church every Sunday. We saw that he came to Christ and really changed his life.

A while ago he was not reading the Book of Mormon and was telling us about how the temptations for drugs were coming back but he was staying strong. We tried to help him want to read and we involved him in our lessons with other investigators in his neighborhood. This week his girlfriend moved in, his mom and sister moved out because they were not happy with his girlfriend coming and going in the middle of the night and smoking. 

We ran into him in the street and it was obvious that he wasn't sleeping and Saturday we talked to a man completely different from the man I gave the priesthood to. He said the devil is laughing at me. It is very true.

The small things matter so much. I remember a lesson they taught me in drivers training. It was about accidents. They said that there are always many small things that lead to the bigger problems. For example, running late and eating breakfast in the car and  didn't have time to put on a seatbelt. Then the crash comes. Probably wouldn't have happened if one of those things was different. The same applies to the Gospel. There are so many things we can do to avoid the bigger problems and stay away from the spiritually killing accidents that can come into our lives. Read the scriptures. Pray each day, and repent when we commit sins.

Love, 

Elder Dallin Skouson