Like The Savior, We Will All Have Our Gethsemane.

Every generation since the world began has had its peculiar temptations, with Satan as their author. Today we have ours in abundance.

There are those who scoff at the idea that there is a Supreme Being. They declare and teach that God is dead.

Others ridicule the belief that there is a life after this. They contend that death is the end, that there will be no time of judgment, no accounting for our actions here in mortality, so why not live and be merry, for tomorrow we die?

There are those who would have us believe that the use of liquor, tobacco, and drugs is not harmful or injurious to the body; that illicit sex is acceptable, and dishonesty is justified if it helps to achieve an end.

It is a temptation to become so involved in the things of the world that we lose sight of more important values, the things of the spirit.

Not only the young people have trials and temptations, but each of us does. Like the Savior, we will all have our Gethsemane. If we will not be dissuaded by the mocking voices of the world or lose our way and fall into the river or wander in strange roads, we will pass the challenging test of life that Abraham foresaw.

All the effort and struggle and sorrow will be well worth it, for we will earn the greatest of all gifts, the gift of eternal life.

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Each year God himself has set aside for our special observance 52 days each, not as holidays but as holy days. The relative importance of this great day that would call the Sabbath might be indicated to us by the frequency of its recurrence. That is, we have one day to certain national leaders, one day for nation's birthday, one day for other historical events.  And then our Father in Heaven in His great wisdom set aside one-seventh of all the days to honor God. This day is also set aside particularly for our benefit, for when we honor God we tend to become more like Him.

The importance of this day was also emphasized to the world 34 centuries ago went out of the fires of Sinai God said, "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." (Known as one of the Ten Commandments, not Ten Suggestions!) We sometimes desecrate the Sabbath by putting our minds in contact with the things that lead us away from God and eternal life. We make this special day a holiday instead of a holy day.

What a thrilling idea that one day of each week is especially set apart for us to put our minds in contact, and our lives in harmony with him in whose image we were created.