Because I Choose It

I used to read the scriptures out of a sense of fear. I felt that I would "get in to trouble" if I didn't read. It was a funny idea on my part that if I wasn't diligent in my studies, things would go badly in my life.

I have since learned that studying the scriptures is not about keeping things from going badly so much as it is a practice that helps me see things go well. I have grown enough over the years to know that I am happier and feel closer to Heavenly Father when I am in His books and conversing with him. It's no longer a sense of obligation that keeps me reading/praying so much as it is a desire to feel close to Him at all times. I am happier when He is in my life.