Friday, October 26, 2012

I have long loved the talks of President Eyring. He preaches patience and a way to be humbly confident. I have also viewed him as having very sound judgement as well as being incredibly competent and patient.

In my group we are portraying the positive effects of digital media in our day. One quote by President Eyring that has been running through my head when I think about this topic is as follows:

"The warning not to judge what is of God as evil nor what is from the devil to be good is a helpful caution to those of us who would help the young learn to choose the right. They will see some choices as good, or at least neutral, that we may see at first as evil. Before we begin to force a choice with what authority we may have, it will be wise to apply the test in Moroni ourselves. More than once I have been restrained and more than once I have been energized to action by those practical rules. What I at first thought was evil came clear to me as being neutral. And what I had thought was neutral was revealed to me as inviting to do evil. And by the teenager knowing that I would apply the test myself in humility, I could make it more likely that they would try the test for themselves." 
                   "A Life Founded In Truth" August 15, 2000 BYU Speeches
                    http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=305

I think that we often view digital media in a negative way. There are obvious reasons for that because there is so much filth out there. While we may not be able to do much about the filth being produced, we can filter it and use digital media for positive things. 

1 comment:

  1. Love this quote Jake! Thanks for sharing! Did you include this talk in the LDS portion of the resources Audrey was gathering? I hope so!:)

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