Check yo'self before you wreck yo'self.

Bob needs to Check his head.

The world today is full of different voices. Voices that want us to do one of any thousands of things. Now this really wouldn't be a problem if some of those choices weren't bad and could hurt us. We need direction and guidance from good principles if we are to keep happy, safe, and productive in this life. With all these voices and directions pulling on us how do we decide which one we need to take?

Back in the day, in 1992, The Beastie Boys released an album titled "Check your head." I know that the counsel that the Beastie Boys is true. We all need to check our heads continually to be able to receive direction, especially the direction from our Father in Heaven.

But how?

The scriptures give us some great insight into some ways that we can check our heads and make sure that we are on the right track.


One way that we can check our heads is to read from the scriptures, or "the words of Christ". "Angels speak... the words of Christ", and when we "feast upon the words of Christ... the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do."-2 Nephi 32:3 I definitely know that a lot of direction and guidance is contained in the scriptures, it doesn't all flow out at once, but when we seek for and really want it we will receive "that portion that shall be [given] unto every man."-Doctrine and Covenants 84:85

Prayer is also another great way that we have to check our heads. It is through prayer that we can get those subtle, but significant, spiritual promptings that can give us courage, direction, and advice. I know that prayer is of God and He wants to hear from us, seriously. "For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a man to pray, ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray." -2 Nephi 32:8. I know that these two simple principles have helped me greatly and kept me protected against a lot shtuff I didn't want to be a part of.  

I know that when we use the counsel of God that we can check ourselves before we wreck ourselves and be righteous and "he [or she] that is righteous is favored of God."-1 Nephi 17:35