On the desk in my office,
I have a bronze sculpture of a young woman whose
name is Kristina. The original life-sized
sculpture of Kristina stands on a pier in
Copenhagen, Denmark, positioned so that
she is looking out over the sea toward Zion. Her decision to join the
Church and leave her home was not an easy one, and you can
see that the opposing winds are blowing fiercely against her. She is standing firm, doing
a very hard thing but one she knows to be right. Her descendants
placed this sculpture there on that pier as
a tribute to Kristina, for her decision that day
had eternal significance for generations. For me this
sculpture of Kristina represents each one of you. Like Kristina, you are
standing on the edge of many important decisions
and making choices daily, some of them difficult, that
will shape not only your future but the destiny of generations. You too are facing gale-force
winds of opposition, adversity, peer pressure, and
moral pollution. And yet you are
standing immovable and living the gospel in the
face of these raging storms in our society. Like Kristina, you are
led by the Holy Ghost. You are making
correct decisions. You are loyal,
and you are royal. I can think of no more important
counsel from a loving Heavenly Father than His admonition
for each of you to "stand ... in holy places,
and be not moved." He is saying: Stand firm. Be steadfast. "Stand for truth
and righteousness." Stand as a witness. Be a standard to the world. Stand in holy places. And so my message to each of you
is a simple one: Be not moved.