Russell M. Nelson said: “Early in our married life when Sister Nelson and I lived in Minneapolis, we decided to enjoy a free afternoon with our two-year old daughter. We went to one of Minnesota’s many beautiful lakes and rented a small boat. After rowing far from shore, we stopped to relax and enjoy the tranquil scene. Suddenly, our little toddler lifted one leg out of the boat and started to go overboard, exclaiming, “Time to get out, Daddy!”
Quickly we caught her and explained, “No, dear, it’s not time to get out; we must stay in the boat until it brings us safely back to land.” Only with considerable persuasion did we succeed in convincing her that leaving the boat early would have led to disaster.
Children are prone to do such dangerous things simply because they have not acquired the wisdom their parents have. Similarly, we as children of our Heavenly Father may foolishly want to get “out of the boat’ before we arrive at destinations He would like us to reach.The Lord teaches over and over that we are to endure the end (see Matthew 24:13; 2 Nephi 33:4‘ Doctrine and Covenants 18:22), (“Endure and Be Lifted Up,” Ensign, May 1997) (also from…”Teachings of Russell M. Nelson” Deseret Book 2018, p.97)
