Saturday's Warrior

Orson Whitney Quoted D&C 88:118 encouraging us to develop our faith through the reading of good books. I feel that Nephi Anderson’s intentions were good, and he talked about true doctrine, but it was muddled in the fairy tale cheese, that most secretly wish were true in reality.

I remember when I was young loving the song “Humble Way” from the very popular Mormon musical Saturday’s Warrior. I however didn't fully come to understand the messages that were being presented because I was so caught up in the music and wanting to grow up and be a missionary. Once I was mature enough to understand the major themes, I didn't agree with all of them.

Nephi Anderson’s Added Upon I felt has much in common with Saturday’s Warrior. Each takes a look at the plan of salvation, and I feel that both are too cheesy to effectively reflect the importance and grandeur of this plan. The largest being the way that both of these address the topic of agency.

Agency was being highlight as important however it didn't change much of the expected outcome and was overshadowed by “destiny” or “predestination”. All of the characters had the ability to choose things for themselves, but despite that they would always end up finding and being with the people that they were with in the pre-earth life.

Will the Plan of Salvation always have a perfect fairy tale ending? I don’t think so. We are in control of our own destiny. This doesn't mean that things can’t end well, but instead no matter what life may bring, if we use our agency to follow what the Lord has asked, he will make it possible for things to work out. Things could turn out similar to the way Nephi Anderson set them up, but that would be a rare case compared to the majority of situations. Otherwise agency wouldn't even be necessary.