In Seminary today we talked about how easy it is to get off course.  In a talk given by Gordon B. Hinkley, it was told about how this thoughtless railroad worker accidentally shifted the tracks three inches, causing part of a train to go on the wrong side of the intersection and end up hundreds of miles from the destination it was supposed to go to.  In life, it is easy to do the same thing.
  Take King David, for example.  He was a noble and magnificent person from a young age, killing a lion and bear with his bare hands and them with faith killing the giant Goliath.  Without a doubt he was blessed and chosen by God.  But one day he made the simple decision to stay home instead of going to battle with his men.  While they were gone, there was a night that he was unable to sleep and made the simple decision to go up on the roof.  But then he saw the woman Bath-sheba bathing herself through the window.  He should have immediately fled from the situation like Joseph from Potipher's wife, but he did not.  He decided to watch her. The next day he found out who she was and arranged to meet her, and soon enough he made a decision which broke the seventh Commandment and resulted in Bath-sheba's pregnancy.  At this point the king was in a very difficult situation.  He should have turned to the Lord for help and forgiveness, but he decided to try and cover up his mistakes.  Eventually he arranged for the death of Bath-sheba's husband in battle and married her.  But the Lord still knew, even if he hoped no one else would realize the terrible things he had done.  In the end, the faithful boy who defeated a giant lost his exaltation.
    Stories like that are so sad.  The story of David is similar to those of Saul, Solomon, and countless others.  How did that happen?  How were such great people able to slip off the path?
  But I vow never to wander.  And if I do, by mistake, trip onto the wrong ride of the road, I will sprint back to the Iron Rod and cling to it for dear life.