CTR Many Different Meanings

     Many LDS members wear a ring that has CTR engraven on it. Alot of non-members don't understand the meaning of CTR. Well CTR has several meanings such as: Choose The Right, Cross The River, Can't Touch the Righteous, and Called To Retrieve.  Many people give these rings as gifts to a loved one to share with them the incredible feeling that comes with keeping the commandments of our Father in Heaven. These different sayings apply to all kinds of people. Choose The Right applies to all of God's children. Like it says in Mosiah 2:21-22

       21.I say unto you that if ye should ^aserve him who has created you from the beginning, and is ^bpreserving you from day to day, by lending you ^cbreath, that ye may live and move and do according to your own ^dwill, and even supporting you from one moment to another—I say, if ye should serve him with all your ^ewhole souls yet ye would be ^funprofitable servants.

       22.And behold, all that he ^arequires of you is to ^bkeep his commandments; and he has ^cpromised you that if ye would keep his commandments ye should prosper in the land; and he never doth ^dvary from that which he hath said; therefore, if ye do ^ekeep his ^fcommandments he doth bless you and prosper you.

     What these scriptures are talking about that goes with Choose The Right is that our Father in Heaven is blessing us everyday by lending us breath. All that he asks of us is to keep his commandments. Choose The Right. How simple is it to just read our scriptures, go to church, and pray to Him each day? He loves each of us and wants to help us. All we have to do is ask and he will immediately bless us.

     The next one is Cross The River. This one goes along with the early pioneers, when they had to cross the country to get to Utah. They pushed through all of their struggles and hard times, they crossed the rivers set before them. They pushed forward on their faith and their prayers. We too must Cross The River when we are faced with a trial. Through our own prayers and our own faith we will be able to gain the strength needed to cross the river. Our Heavenly Father helped them out, I know that He will help us cross the rivers that we will face in our life.

     Can't Touch the Righteous. If we choose the right and cross the rivers that are placed before us, then Heavenly Father has promised us that He will bless and protect us. Satan will have no power over us if we continue to fallow the commandments.When we mess mess up, through Christ's Atonement, we can repent and be cleansed from out sins and be pure again. if we are clean and pure in heart then Satan and his followers Can't Touch the Richous.

     Called to Retrieve goes with missionaries as well as members of the church. We are all called to retrieve God's children and bring them back to Him. Just like when you have something that you love, you want to share it with your friends and family. Jesus Christ's teachings, the Gospel, has blessed our our lives and therefore we are to bring others unto it. This way they too can eel the love, peace, joy, and happiness that comes from Choosing The Right, Crossing The River, keeping ourselves righteous, and retrieving our brothers and sisters to come unto Christ.