"...And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life..."

Agency- the privilege and ability to choose & act for ourselves. many of us tend to get lost in our free will. sometimes we do something that we know is wrong, but we do it because we personally want to experience it. we want to do things that many others are doing, or we want to do things that others are not doing...be in the world, not of the world. there is a BIG difference! free agency can either bring us closer to, or further from our Heavenly Father. Without it, we would not be able to progress, or follow our Savior. If we are not progressing, or regressing, we are standing still. we are suppose to learn from our mistakes, and learn from the things that we do correctly. when we obey the commandments of our Lord, we are progressing, when we disobey them, we are, unfortunately regressing. agency is strengthened by our faith & obedience. if we continue to do right, it becomes less of a challenge, and more of a habit. if we stand firm in our faith, we can learn that when we do something right, or something good, we are worthy of being reunited with our Father in heaven. the commandments, laws and ordinances were not given to us to be set as rules or restrictions, they are the pathway to a life of righteousness.

agency is a noun, but use it as a verb, to act, to seek with faith that we may find, to ask for guidance from the Spirit in times of despair, to knock on the door that will open and shine spiritual light in our times of darkness.

"And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
Joshua 24:15

CHOOSE to pray
CHOOSE to attend church
CHOOSE to read the scriptures
CHOOSE to have an everlasting life.