Mosiah 11

King Noah, in Mosiah 11, "did not keep the commandments of God, but he did walk after the desires of his own heart" (2).

In my Creative Writing class, we are discussing how every character needs a desire. The bad guys have the bad desires and the good guys have the good ones. However, the best character has two desires that conflict.

In mortality, we are tempted with desires to do bad. There are numerous amounts of temptations that I can't even list them all. But the temptation to cheat to get a better grade or prestige is one such example. The thing is that we are to realize and follow our true desire: to live with our families forever with our Heavenly Father. When we keep that desire in sight we find that our desire and Heavenly Father's is the same: we both want us to be joyful forever.

So when you walk after your own desires, not having aligned your will and desires up with God's, then your in a bit of a pickle. You have a problem.

The commandments are something you should love. They are commandments that are for us. They are step by step instructions on exactly what we should do to be happy. They aren't limiting us. They are freeing. They help us reach our true desires.