Destiny Ep 1
Cameron Fluet
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Now, speaking of defeat, I have got to show you something. This is my BYU basketball uniform. [The two pieces of a uniform were lifted up and displayed.] You think you are laughing right now, but just wait for a minute. One of my professional colleagues told me that I needed to be vulnerable a little bit here today and show empathy. I will be vulnerable; you show me empathy after you see this. These are the shorts we wore. [A pair of very short 1980s basketball shorts were shown.]
Well, can you imagine waking up only to find yourself on a stage in the middle of the second act of a complex and fast-moving play with no idea who the characters are, what the plot is, and what role you play? With that pressure bearing down, one would feel much like the philosopher Blaise Pascal, who lamented:
When I survey the whole universe . . . and man left to himself with no light, as though lost in this corner of the universe, without knowing who put him there, what he has come to do, what will become of him when he dies, incapable of knowing anything, I am moved to terror, like a man transported in his sleep to some terrifying desert island, who wakes up quite lost and with no means of escape.3
Life in fifteenth-century France was perhaps one of the darkest eras in the history of humankind. Living conditions were dreadful. Disease and death were commonplace. Food and resources were limited. And political instability catalyzed widespread conflict and devastation.
Inspired by a divine vision of purpose, she convinced national royalty to make her captain in the French army. In a miraculous way, Joan, only a teenager then, led a military campaign to dispel the enemy forces and changed the destiny of France. We know this peasant girl today as Joan of Arc.
We were born in the image of God our Father; he begot us like unto himself. [He has given us a portion of Himself.] There is the nature of deity in the composition of our spiritual organization; in our spiritual birth our Father transmitted to us the capabilities, powers and faculties which he himself possessed . . . , although in an undeveloped state.16
Even more compelling are real-life heroes. Many of you are currently engaged in the fight of your life yet are heroically soldiering on. We are cheering for you, and it is for that very reason I want to remind you of a significant chapter from your premortal saga. Your story is better than any fictitious war that we read about or see on the big screen. I pray that these powerful scenes will help you remember who you are and see your true identity!
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.19
As you do, I promise that you will experience spiritual growth, freedom from fear, and a confidence that you can scarcely imagine now. You will have the strength to have a positive influence far beyond your natural capacity. And I promise that your future will be more exhilarating than anything you can presently believe.21
hold out faithful to the end [we] are received into heaven, that thereby [we] may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it.23
The devil is always enticing us to compare, compete, and contend. But remember, comparison is the thief of joy. Contention is the thief of peace. And competition is the thief of love. These are the spiritual gifts and fruits that the devil is after.
Because this Marriott Center provided me with some very special purpose-refining experiences, I would like to share a few of them with you in hopes that they will provide inspiration as you navigate your own bright second-act futures.
First, just twelve days before I met Jill, she and I were sitting in the chairs you are now in. We were not together. We heard President Jeffrey R. Holland and Sister Patricia T. Holland at an inspiring devotional. How we love them and miss her. That devotional address blessed Jill because of one specific phrase and blessed me because of another.
Now is your time. You have great causes to undertake and seemingly insurmountable challenges to overcome! Unlimited possibilities or limitless perils sit on the horizon awaiting your choices. In his timeless poem, Robert Frost wrote:
The mission of DHS is to provide an educational experience that will enable students to identify. chart the course to, pursue, and fulfill their life's destiny via curriculum and instruction geared toward developing the "whole" person-mind. body, and spirit.
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