Give the Lord equal time. That was the plea offered by Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles to roughly 10,000 youth and young adults on Sunday, October 13.
Noting the pressures many young people face, Elder Rasband told his listeners, “You might be thinking, ‘I just do not have time, Elder Rasband. I am already over-committed; I have to get good grades; I am taking too many credit hours; I have tough professors who expect my full attention; I am working; and I can barely get to church on Sunday.’”
To which the Apostle responded: “Know this: You cannot put your testimony on the shelf during your college years.”
Learn to balance learning by study and by faith by attending seminary and institute, Elder Rasband encouraged. “Equal time, brothers and sisters. Give the Lord equal time in your university experience. Then give Him equal time the rest of your life.”
Roughly 10,000 seminary age youth and their parents from throughout the Salt Lake Valley, as well as members of local young single adult and married student wards, gathered in the Jon M. Huntsman Center indoor arena on the University of Utah campus for Sunday’s devotional.
Read more about what was said at the devotional on Church Newsroom.
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