Jack's Talk

Today Jack gave his first talk as a member of Senior Primary.  The topic was "I can learn to choose the right."  He and I worked on it together and it truly was a collaboration.  I'll list the final draft first, and afterward I'll share some of his exact words from the first draft.

When we came to earth, we were created to learn about CTR.  I think you have a question about what CTR means.  C for “choose.” Choose means you make a type of decision.  T stands for “the” and R means “right.”  “The right” is when you make the best decision.  How can you know what the best decisions are?  You can think about what the rules and commandments are, you can think about what the consequences might be, and you can listen for the promptings of the Holy Ghost.

If you have any trouble in church, school, at home, at play, or even in parks, you can pray and see if God can help you with CTR.

One of my favorite examples of CTR is the story of Nephi and his brothers getting the brass plates from Laban. Nephi’s brothers didn’t want to go because they thought it would be hard, but Nephi wanted to obey the Lord.

In 1st Nephi chapter 3 verse 7, Nephi said, “I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.”

I know that Heavenly Father wants us to CTR, just like Nephi did. And the more we practice, the better we'll get.

In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

First Draft:

When we came to earth, we were created to learn about CTR.  I think you have a question about what CTR means.  C for “choose.” Choose means you make a type of decision.  T stands for “the.” R means “right.”  “The right” means, if there’s a big decision, you can think if this decision is better, or is this decision the best.  If you feel like the decision is better, you can please choose that decision.

If you know that decision is best, you might want to choose it.  But first I think you’d better think about, “Is this choice better?  Or is the other one better?”  And if you think that choice is better, then you’d better think about consequences.  

If you have any trouble in church, school, at home, at play, or even in parks, you can pray and see if God can help you with CTR.