The rapid, sweeping deterioration of values is characterized by a preoccupation-even an obsession-with the procreative act. Abstinence before marriage and fidelity within it are openly scoffed at-marriage and parenthood ridiculed as burdensome, unnecessary. Modesty, a virtue of a refined individual or society, is all but gone.
Boyd K. PackerDo you realize how marvelous it is that you can call upon the Atonement? The Lord effected the Atonement for our sakes. And there isnโt anything that you canโt repent from and that you canโt be rescued from if you will repent and be determined to make the decision.
Boyd K. PackerDispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith.
Boyd K. PackerIf you understand the great plan of happiness and follow it, what goes on in the world will not determine your happiness.
Boyd K. PackerIf you have stumbled or even been lost for a time, you can move forward with faith and not wander to and fro in the world any longer.
Boyd K. PackerTeaching some things that are true, prematurely or at the wrong time, can invite sorrow and heartbreak instead of the joy intended to accompany learning.... The scriptures teach emphatically that we must give milk before meat. The Lord made it very clear that some things are to be taught selectively and some things are to be given only to those who are worthy.
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