Faith and Families | Russell M. Nelson | February 2005

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Marriage and the choice to raise children require increasing faith, but the mortal and eternal blessings of families are well worth it. Click here to see the speech page.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the classic speeches podcast presented by BYU Speeches, bringing you treasured talks from 70 years of BYU Devotionals.
0:09.5	Be sure to check out our other podcasts by searching BYU speeches wherever you get your podcasts, or by visitingspeches.BYU.edu slash podcasts.
0:22.2	This devotional address entitled Faith and Families was given on February 6th of 2005 by Russell
0:29.5	M. Nelson, then a member of the quorum of the 12 apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ
0:34.6	of Latter-day Saints. I'm delighted to be with you on this special occasion.
0:39.3	I'm sorry that Sister Nelson has a cold and a cough that have kept her at home.
0:45.5	I'm overwhelmed by this large congregation of young adults.
0:50.5	Many more are gathered throughout North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa,
0:56.0	Asia, and the islands of the sea.
1:00.0	I pray for the Spirit of the Lord to be with us, and since these proceedings are being translated
1:06.0	into 28 languages, we also pray for our translators.
1:13.3	To each young adult, I bring greetings in love from President Gordon B. Hinkley, President
1:18.3	Thomas S. Monson, President James E. Faust, and my brethren of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
1:26.1	We thank you for your faith, for your devotion, and your desire to serve the Lord.
1:32.6	We love each one of you. I would like you to stop taking notes for just a moment and do some personal soul searching. Tonight, you are eager, you're
1:49.4	young. Most of you are students with great ambitions for the future. Now, I want you to think. I want you to think about yourself, not as you are, but as you may become 50 years from now.
2:12.9	Through your imaginary time tunnel, look at yourself as you will be then.
2:21.5	Your broad minds and narrow wastes have traded places.
2:28.7	You are finished with your career.
2:31.2	Your working days are over.
2:33.3	No more time clocks to punch, no more paychecks to collect.
2:38.2	Are you with me? Now, here are my questions. What do you see in yourself 50 years from now?
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