Picking Sides

I've been thinking a lot lately about the decisions I make and whose side I'm on. I don't get why humans can't just be told once and that's enough. Like we repeatedly have to be reminded of the same thing over and over again because we slip up and lose our way. We forget that there is no everlasting joy that comes from choosing wrong, choosing the devil. We forget that God loves us more than we can ever understand. We forget that through Him we can find true eternal happiness. In Mosiah 19 where King Noah is a portrayal of the devil, I was just reminded of the fact that Satan is only in it for himself. The devil wants to make us miserable so he's not alone in his misery. Verses 7-11 is where we really see the devil's cowardice. As King Noah's city was surrounded, he commands that his people flee. But, he flees before them. He makes sure he goes first to protect himself. He left the families in the back to be killed off first by the Lamanites that pursued them into the wilderness. As King Noah saw that many were dying he called ALL the men to go fight, leaving their women and their children. KIng Noah did not fight with them. He stayed behind everyone, protecting his own life. The devil's work has not changed one bit; he still is a coward and does not care about anybody but himself. Why follow a selfish, miserable coward?? The choice should be simple, but we slip up sometimes anyways! And that is why no one can go without the infinite Atonement of Christ. Goodness, his love is so abounding!! In Mosiah 24:13-14, Christ tells us "Lift up your heads and be of good comfort.... And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your back... and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions." He will always be there for us, unlike the devil who runs to the back and hides for self fulfillment. Christ's atonement heals us through everything. Through Him is the only way we can achieve our full potential and have infinite joy. It really should be a simple decision. COME UNTO CHRIST; JUST DO IT! And bring others with you!