These ARE the Last Days.

All around us today we see hate, sin, and unrighteousness. Elder Dallin H Oaks, in the February Ensign, wrote of "Truth and Tolerance" within the world around us. I read it and I encourage all of you to do the same. I would like to quote the few parts of it that I believe are significant.

"We believe in absolute truth, including the existence of God and the right and wrong established by His commandments. We know that the existence of God and the existence of absolute truth are fundamental to life on this earth, whether they are believed in or not. We also know that evil exists and that some things are simply, seriously, and everlastingly wrong.
The philosophy of moral relativism, which holds that each person is free to choose for him or herself what is right and wrong, is becoming the unofficial creed for many in the United States and other Western nations. At the extreme level, evil acts that used to be localized and covered up like a boil are now legalized and paraded like a banner. Persuaded by this philosophy, many of the rising generation are caught up in self-serving pleasures, pornography, dishonesty, foul language, revealing attire, pagan painting and piercing of body parts, and degrading sexual indulgence.
In this troubled circumstance, we who believe in God and the corollary truth of absolute right and wrong have the challenge of living in a godless and increasingly amoral world. In this circumstance, all of us—especially the rising generation—have a duty to stand up and speak out to affirm that God exists and that there are absolute truths that His commandments establish.
Because followers of Jesus Christ are commanded to be leaven, we must seek tolerance from those who hate us for not being of the world. As part of this, we will sometimes need to challenge laws that would impair our freedom to practice our faith, doing so in reliance on our constitutional rights to the free exercise of religion. The big concern is “the ability of people of all faiths to work out their relationship with God and one another without the government looking over their shoulder.” That is why we need understanding and support when we must contend for religious freedom.
Third, believers should not be deterred by the familiar charge that they are trying to legislate morality. Many areas of the law are based on Judeo-Christian morality and have been for centuries. Western civilization is based on morality and cannot exist without it. As the second U.S. president, John Adams, declared: “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”"
I know that this is divine counsel from one of our prophets. And with the new missionary age being lowered, Our Heavenly Father is responding with His army. We need to be one of His top men. One with great faith, obedience, and diligence in the Gospel. These ARE the last days. There's no questioning it. Very soon we will have to choose between following God, or Satan. There will be no more fence sitters. Choose Liberty and Eternal Life.
I know that this is the right time for the age to be lowered, and i would hope that we all, young and old, will be active in The Lord's army. I love to read words from our Prophets on the Earth today and may we pray for their health and guidance by the Holy Ghost in what we need to hear. I know that God lives and wants the best for us, even if it seems like He's not there. He always is. And I say that in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.