Chapter 13: My Way or God’s Way
Frank Sinatra sang, “My Way,” about a man who as he approached death, “his final curtain,” reflected back on his life. He seemed somewhat regretful but expressed pride in the fact that he did everything his own way. He boasted of the fact that he was not a man “who kneels,” meaning to me that he did not seek God’s counsel in his life. In the world today most everyone believes it is perfectly normal, a right, to do your own thing. Has society taken a wrong turn? I think “doing your own thing” is in opposition to the way our Father in Heaven would have His children live their lives: Jesus Christ labeled doing your own thing a sin. “Your sins have come up unto me, and are not pardoned, because you seek to counsel in your own ways” ( D&C 56:14 , italics added). Jesus said it is an error to do your own thing. They “do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways” ( Hebrew 3:10 , i...