Preparing to meet God.

In the scriptures, the prophet Alma describes something about our time here on earth in a way that I think is important to understand. Alma was teaching the gospel to a person named Zeezrom. Alma taught Zeezrom that "this life", is "a time to prepare to meet God" (see Alma 12:24). It is important for you and I to be doing good things durring our lifetime because it really does affect what happens to us after we have died and after we are resurrected someday.
There is a mindset in today's world that is pretty common. It is one that has been going on as long as mankind has been on the earth. It is that we can pretty much do whatever we want to during life and that it really doesn't matter. Just do what you want to do and do what feels good. In the scriptures, there is a special wording for this dangerous outlook on life. Perhaps you have heard it before but I'd like to write it down here. You can find this phrase in multiple passages in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible as well as in the Book of Mormon. See the following scriptures for this dangerous outlook (see Isaiah 22:13, Luke 12:19, 1st Corinthians 15:32 and 2 Nephi 28:7-9).
(7). Yea, and there shall be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die; and it shall be well with us.
(8). And there shall also be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry; nevertheless, fear God—he will justify in committing a little sin; yea, lie a little, take the advantage of one because of his words, dig a pit for thy neighbor; there is no harm in this; and do all these things, for tomorrow we die; and if it so be that we are guilty, God will beat us with a few stripes, and at last we shall be saved in the kingdom of God.
(9). Yea, and there shall be many which shall teach after this manner, false and vain and foolish doctrines, and shall be puffed up in their hearts, and shall seek deep to hide their counsels from the Lord; and their works shall be in the dark.

Does it really matter what you and I do during our daily life? If we are doing things that we know aren't right then I believe that it is very important to change our ways and do the things that we know are good. During our life on earth, all of us commit sin. Sin may be enticing for a while but it will always lead to unhappiness in this life. Our sins make us unclean spiritually. No unclean thing can dwell with God. Because of our sins, we are unable to return to live with him unless we are first forgiven and cleansed. Becoming cleansed from sin isn't something that you can do yourself. There aren't enough cleaning products on earth that can clean a stain on your soul. This requires a different type of cleansing power. Through the grace of Jesus Christ we can become clean from sin. We can also live with God again. We are forgiven when we accept Christ, repent, and follow his commandments. In this way, we are cleansed from our sins and we are able to become worthy to return to Gods presence.