Hold on!

This morning our Stake President drew this exponential curve on the blackboard in our Priesthood leadership meeting. He asked us where we thought we were on that curve, and most of us said we were somewhere around the area I have circled below:

I agree. The rate of the growth of evil in this world is increasing, and Satan is parading things around as "normal" that were not even talked about in polite company just a couple of years ago. Little children are being exposed to evil in ways my generation can hardly comprehend.

When we visited Emily and the kids last September, we spent one morning at the park. They have a merry-go-round there. I have always enjoyed those things.

On a merry-go-round, if you are out at the edge of the toy while it is spinning around, you are going to feel a LOT of centrifugal force, trying to push you off. The only safe place to stand on that toy while it is spinning is right in the center. Any distance from the center increases the force pushing you off.

That is how it is in the world today. If we are not centered, we will not be able to stand the forces that are coming. The center is Christ, and the best place to stand to stay close to Him is the Temple. We simply must spend more time there if we and our family are going to stand. We need to make our homes like the temple - free of the noise and confusion and distraction of the world, free of the influences of evil. So much is at stake. I hope everyone in my family will renew their efforts to hold to the Center (Christ) for safety.