“Be Firm, Steadfast, and Immovable”

D. Kelly Ogden, Andrew C. Skinner

Three of our favorite words in the Book of Mormon are firm,steadfast, and immovable. On 31 May 1994, hurricane-force winds swept through Utah’s Wasatch Front with destructive results, especially in Provo. Brigham Young University equipment clocked the winds at 121 miles per hour. Though only five minutes in duration, the winds ripped apart or felled upwards of five thousand trees. Provo City announced within a few days that the total loss approached $9 million. One house had four very tall pine trees lying flat in the yard and out into the street, with huge but shallow root systems exposed. There’s the gospel lesson: it is not enough to grow tall and broad and beautiful. Shallowness is perilous. We must sink deep roots and be solidly planted to withstand the storms of life; be firm, steadfast, and immovable—enduring, solid, and stable.

Verse by Verse: The Book of Mormon: Vol. 1

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