In our lives, we make choices that either lead us on the path toward Heaven or the path of slavery and death in sin. God does give us the freedom to choose between them, to choose to love Him or to sin. In order for our choices between good and evil to mean something — for them to be moral choices — we must be free in our choice. Free will is a gift from God Himself and is a faculty or ability of the soul. God respects our dignity by allowing us to be in control of our actions and responsible for our choices. God wrote His law within the heart of every single human person. This gift of His law is called a conscience. Our conscience, however, does not work like magic. It does not tell us the difference between right or wrong with no effort on our part. Forming our conscience so we can make good moral choices takes a lot of training and study.