"Years ago I took the scouts on a campout in the desert. The
boys slept by a large campfire. Like every good scout leader, I slept in the back
of my truck. In the morning one scout looked particularly rough around the
edges. I asked how he’d slept and he replied, “I was cold. The fire went out.” “Wasn’t
your sleeping bag warm enough?” “Well, I thought if I didn’t unroll my sleeping
bag, I wouldn’t have to roll it up again.” He froze for hours because he was
trying to save five minutes of work. We may think: How foolish! Who would ever
do that? Well, we do it all the time in much more dangerous ways. We are, in
effect, refusing to unroll our spiritual sleeping bags when we don’t take the
time to sincerely pray, study, and earnestly live the gospel each day. When we
are complacent with our covenants, we are complicit with the consequences.” –
Elder Gary B. Sabin
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