Standing in their promised land, Joshua said to Israel, “… choose you [ye] this day whom ye will serve; … but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” (Joshua 24:15)

Every morning when we get out of bed, we stand at a crossroads. In one direction lies a destination of misery and self-recrimination; in the other lies a destination of happiness and personal power. The road between is paved with the commandments of God.

Recently I was invited to participate in a conference of several hundred youth. During one of my presentations, I held up a large stop sign that I had borrowed from the local city streets department. As I displayed it before them, I pointed out that it represented God’s prophets and their teachings. I used the sign to illustrate that it is vital to our survival that we give careful heed to the Prophets of God.

Well, when I concluded my remarks that morning, a group of young people came forward to talk to me. One young woman, I don’t know who she is or where she was from, but I won’t soon forget her. As she approached me, she was overcome with powerful emotion brought on by the Spirit. She threw her arms around me and clung to me crying so hard she couldn’t even talk. It was a tender moment of great joy for both of us.

The full text of this story is contained in “In the Midst of Thee – volume 2,” available from GlennRawsonStories.com and participating bookstores.