I Kind of, Sort of, Want to Change

I’m sort of good, and not quite bad.

This vision makes Mother rather sad;

For I am tethered to a pole,

And as I walk I dig a hole.

I say I have the right to choose,

But the one wearing blinders is the one who will lose.

A year ago I told my mom, “in a month I’ll be free,

And then I’ll start on my important journey.”

A month ago I said the same thing,

But it wasn’t as easy for Mom to allow her heart to sing.

"Tomorrow,” I say, “I’ll make the change,”

And that keeps my goal just out of range.

My eyes have been darkened and I can’t see,

that I have given Satan my agency.

The only way I can break the ropes

That bind my soul and smoother my hopes;

Is to give All of my will to my Eternal Father,

And follow the Savior, my Redeeming Brother.

There is only one way to walk away from sin…

And today is the day that I must begin.

I must flee from every inch of Babylon,

And fly to the feet of God’s only Begotten Son.

The Lord in His mercy will then cleanse my heart,

And provide a way for me to do my part.

Isaiah 1:18-20

 18 Come now, and let us ^areason together, saith the Lord: though your ^bsins be as scarlet, they shall be as ^cwhite as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

 19 If ye be ^awilling and ^bobedient, ye shall eat the ^cgood of the land:

 20 But if ye refuse and ^arebel, ye shall be ^bdevoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

 (Pres. Boyd K. Packer;   May 2013 Ensign, page 8)

“Alma taught that “the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance.”6 In order to understand this, we must separate the sin from the sinner.

For example, when they brought before the Savior a woman taken in adultery, obviously guilty, He dismissed the case with five words: “Go, and sin no more.”7 That is the spirit of His ministry.”