To help temple presidents and matrons explain the protective importance of the sacred temple garment, Elder Nelson will place an orange in a bowl filled with water, which represents the world. With the peeling intact, the orange continually floats to the top, impervious to its potentially invasive surroundings. But when Elder Nelson removes the protective peeling, the orange immediately sinks to the bottom. A picture is worth a thousand words, and those who see this demonstration always remember it.7 In a wicked world in which people either sink or swim, God's children constantly need all of
...more
