Is it weakness or not asking for help?

So, all things being equal or starting from scratch, or setting-it-up the best way that I can think of, we were born on this Earth? Or YOU were born on third Earth, and therefore followed Jesus Christ when we were in Heaven.  There was no vail of forgetfulness then, and you chose the right when before our Father.

What’s the difference now?  Your mom loves you and you love her, so why isn’t her desire for you to follow the Father enough of an incentive?  Unlike your Father and Mother in Heaven, you can see your mom...  Why is the weakness of the flesh (2 Nephi 4: 17-21) and the natural man (Mosiah 3:19) enough to keep you from choosing what you know is right?  Choosing not to disappoint your mom?

Dr. C. Terry Warner would say that it all comes back to self-betrayal in his book, “Bonds that Make us Free”.  I am asking that even more fundamental question: Why do we choose and do things we know we shouldn’t?  Thinking in a place and a way that isn’t limited by man or your body or temptation or even the devil/Lucifer/Satan, we have shown that we are able to choose the right over the wrong—why not do it every time?

Guess the answer is: we are mortal and weak!  That’s just not good enough for me, though...  Because we can and do choose the right oftentimes. We are still left with the question: Why not every time?  Why do I have the strength sometimes but not all of the time?

You could say, “Well, that’s the trial of Life, Josh!”  The only thing that makes it easier to make that right choice over what your weak flesh wants, is to align yourself with the power that comes from the Atonement of Jesus Christ—the Enabling powers of the Atonement of Jesus Christ!

JPS