![]() ![]() I am not even going to talk about obedience and disobedience. In the time we have this morning, I am not going to talk to you about the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah, nor of the comparison the Lord Himself has made to those days and our own time. Surely, surely, with the Lord’s counsel “look not behind thee” ringing clearly in her ears, Lot’s wife, the record says, “looked back,” and she was turned into a pillar of salt. Then our theme today comes in the next verse. The Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven Īnd he overthrew those cities. The scriptures tell us what happened at daybreak the morning following their escape: With less than immediate obedience and more than a little negotiation, Lot and his family ultimately did leave town, but just in the nick of time. ![]() escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed” ( Genesis 19:17 emphasis added). “Escape for thy life,” the Lord said, “ look not behind thee. The original story, of course, comes to us out of the days of Sodom and Gomorrah, when the Lord, having had as much as He could stand of the worst that men and women could do, told Lot and his family to flee because those cities were about to be destroyed. What did He mean by such an enigmatic little phrase? To find out, I suppose we need to do as He suggested. It is Luke 17:32, where the Savior cautions, “Remember Lot’s wife.” I am told that the shortest verse-a verse that every missionary memorizes and holds ready in case he is called on spontaneously in a zone conference-is John 11:35: “Jesus wept.” Elders, here is a second option, another shortie that will dazzle your mission president in case you are called on two zone conferences in a row. (I give that remaining one just another week.) But I do want to talk to you about the past and the future, not so much in terms of New Year’s commitments per se, but more with an eye toward any time of transition and change in your lives-and those moments come virtually every day of our lives.Īs a scriptural theme for this discussion, I have chosen the second-shortest verse in all of holy scripture. I don’t want to talk to you about New Year’s resolutions, because you only made five of them and you have already broken four. The start of a new year is the traditional time to take stock of our lives and see where we are going, measured against the backdrop of where we have been. You have our prayers, our gratitude, and our support. President and Sister Samuelson, we do love you. I loved every word of their counsel to you last week, and I pray that my remarks to you today are consistent with their messages about light, about trust, and about the privilege it is to have the gospel of Jesus Christ enhance our study at BYU. You and we are very lucky to have them at the helm of this special school, and we praise them publicly for the time they spend, the success they are having, and the strength that they bring. We actually know something about their jobs and what they entail. We are grateful to President and Sister Samuelson for their kindness and their leadership at this university. Thank you for serving here, and thank you for being in attendance on a bright, clear, January morning. You have had, will have, and now have better university presidents than I was, but you’ll never have one who loves you and loves this university more than I do. We’re thrilled to be with you on it, and we love you personally with all our hearts. Sister Holland walked in and said, “I think I’m going to cry.” You have to understand: Give yourselves 20 or 30 years-then you’ll know how we feel coming back here. Kody and Christine publicly announced their split to fans in November, and it's now playing out in season 17 of the long-running reality series, which was filmed last year.You all look so good. "I need to be at a place where I can rejoice about your happiness and your freedom," Kody told Christine during the second conversation, during which they discussed the logistics of their split after over 25 years of spiritual marriage. He did apologize to Christine for being "angry" when she initially made it very clear she was leaving in their first discussion, filmed about a month earlier and shown on the "Sister Wives" season premiere. "It feels like just this major injustice that is being done to me and it galls me," Kody told cameras in a solo interview on the episode. ![]() On Sunday's episode of TLC's "Sister Wives," Kody Brown called his then-wife Christine deciding to leave him an "injustice." He also said that he felt it made him seem "unmanly," so he wasn't looking forward to telling his three other wives, Meri, Janelle, and Robyn, about the split. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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