Awake

Disobedience to the Lord's commandments allows Satan to deceive us, and we forget the light and truth we have previously learned.

President Henry B. Eyring of the First Presidency described this dangerous condition:

"One of the effects of disobeying God seems to be the creation of just enough spiritual anaesthetic to block any sensation as the ties to God are being cut.  Not only [does] the testimony of the truth slowly erode, but even the memories of what it was like to be in the light [begin] to seem... like a delusion"

I have witnessed this very thing happen to my beloved friend.

Alma 12:11;  And they that will harden their hearts, to them is given the lesser portion of the word until they know nothing concerning his mysteries...

This is such a tragic event.  "Arise from the dust... and be men, and be determined in one mind and in one heart, united in all things, that ye may not come down into captivity,

Awake... put on the armour of righteousness.  Shake off the chains with which ye are bound, and come forth out of obscurity, and arise from the dust.

This is my constant prayer.