By Elder Gerrit W. Gong

Of the Seventy


Gerrit W. Gong Heavenly Father wants us to be happy and gives us opportunities to choose joy, happiness, and goodness.

Many seminary students will know this scripture mastery verse: "Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy" (2 Nephi 2:25). But we sometimes forget that it's really true. We are meant to have joy, which means to be genuinely happy, in an eternal sense.

Our Heavenly Father loves us and wants us to have many opportunities to learn and grow. To do that, He provided a wonderful world that He declared to be good and gives us the opportunity to choose goodness and joy. We know the commandments are to bless and help us, but we don't always remember they also help us have joy.