No Doubt About It

I am overdue to let you know what book I read for week two. I read Sheri Dew's book "No Doubt About It."



It was a long but wonderful book. It is about the truths that she no longer has any doubt about.

One thing she talked about is that this life is a test: it's only a test. She quoted a journalist who worked for the Saturday Evening Post and was stationed in Europe during the 1930s as Hitler rose to power. He spoke at a convention in Toronto in 1941 about Hitlers rise to power and said, "Before this epoch is overk, every living human [will have to make a choice]. Every living human being will have lined up with Hitler or against him. Every living human being will have opposed this onslaught or supported it. For if he tries to make no choice, that in itself is a choice. If he takes no side, He is on Hitler's side. If he does not act, that is an act -- for Hitler."

Sheri Dew compared that with us making our choice in this life. We will all have to decide to line up with either the Savior or Satan. We will either be opposed to his evil works or support them. If we try to make no choice, that in itself is a choice. For if we take no side, we will be, in essence, on Satan's side. If we don't act for the Lord, we are acting for the adversary.

What a powerful way to look at it. It makes me want to try harder every day to show I have chosen the Lord's side.

Another part of the book she talked about the privileges we have from being a part of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

1. When we want to give up we can remember that the view we will have at the top will be grand if we endure to the end.
2. We have friends and loved ones, including our Father in Heaven and our Savior, Jesus Christ, to give us encouragement to help us keep going.
3. I have the ability and right to decide for myself if I will keep going. I have my agency.
4. Our reward at the end will exceed all our expectations.
5. You have to do the work. There are no shortcuts, but it will be worth it.

There are so many other wonderful ideas in this book, but the last one that really struck me was about following the prophet because he knows the way. She had a thought that said, "The living prophet will help us find the way. But if we don't listen to the prophet, we might as well not have one."

I remember when President Hinckley gave his talk about girls having only one set of earrings and people should not get tattoos. I was talking to a lady at my kids school, who is a member of the church. She said that she was going to go get another set of earrings and a tattoo because the prophet told her she shouldn't. I thought how silly that was, but after reading this chapter in the book I had to take stock of what I do. Do I follow all the things the prophet tells me to do or do I pick and choose. If I pick and choose, why am I following anyway. I decided I needed to be better and follow the living prophet.

I encourage everyone to read this book. It makes you think. Two thumbs way, way up.