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A thought from the scriptures

Published: Saturday, Dec. 14, 1991

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O, remember, my son, and learn wisdom in thy youth; yea, learn in thy youth to keep the commandments of God. - Alma 37:25

"Satan knows that youth is the springtime of life when all things are new and young people are most vulnerable. Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the vigor and good health that may ignore the caution of temperance," said President Ezra Taft Benson, then of the Council of the Twelve, during the October 1977 general conference. "Youth is a period of timelessness when the horizons of age seem too distant to be noticed. Thus, the now generation forgets that the present will soon be the past, which one will look back upon either with sorrow and regret or joy and cherished experiences. Satan's program is `play now and pay later.' He seeks for all to be miserable like unto himself. The Lord's program is happiness now and joy forever through gospel living."