It wasn’t until after we were on our way that I discovered this was not the best of company to be in. It was then that I found out the reason they had invited me. It was because they knew of my standards. They knew that I would be sober when it was time to return to the base, and I could guide them back.
As the story continues he parts his way from his marine buddies and finds members of the Church to spend time with that night. Instead of spending the night surrounded by alcohol and an unpleasant environment, he spent time at a ward social strengthening his shield of faith. It is easy to get caught up in the evils of the world and get trapped in Satan’s web of lies. Constantly we all have darts of evil being shot at us trying to tare us down. We have the world telling us that we should lie, cheat, drink, smoke, look at pornography, watch inappropriate movies, or do other damaging things that will weaken our individual spirit and shield of