Que quieres tu?

We are children of the Most High, we have a promised inheritance in His Celestial Kingdom, our futures are bright if we but allow them so to be. Why is it so hard for the world to remember, yet so easy to forget? Satan is set on causing us to forget; Heavenly Father is set on helping us remember. I was pondering today about our nature. Yield to the enticings of the cunning one, or yield to the enticings of the Holy Spirit? Putting off the natural man takes effort, it is a decision to be made and an action to be taken. Even so is choosing the spiritual--a decision must be made and an action taken. The amount of effort is about the same in both cases. So, why do we not just exert our efforts in that which brings true happiness, instead of in that which brings damnation?
"To be carnally-minded is death, and to be spiritually-minded is life eternal" (2 Nephi 9:39). Thank you, Jacob, for putting it so plainly. Everyone is some sort of "-minded" so why not choose the good one? I know I have much to overcome; my weaknesses seem to shine forth on a daily basis, discipleship takes constant effort, constant evaluation, constant thirst for that which is right. I make mistakes more than anyone I know. I see them All. The. Time. However, I also have a testimony of the Atonement. It is Real. It is what makes possible that overcoming. I may have a fallen physical nature, but the nature of my very being is Glorious and Eternal, for I am a daughter of God. He has blessed me with the ability to CHOOSE. To choose to be spiritually-minded ignites within us a desire to repent, to draw closer to Christ. That repentance replaces the carnal, the devilish, the natural man with PEACE. The answers to my prayers almost always if not always come through peace. A level of peace is always felt. Sometimes it takes first stepping into the unknown, but it comes. The peace felt from choosing to be spiritually-minded is not always felt immediately; nor is the sorrow that comes from choosing to be carnally-minded felt immediately. Satan's not giving up, but God isn't either. It's already decided who's going to win. My duty is to figure out which side I'm truly on, not just the one I think I'm on.