"Through years of serving the Lord and in countless interviews, I have learned that the difference between happiness and misery in individuals, marriages and families often comes down to an error of only a few degrees.
"Suppose you were to take off from an airport at the equator, intending to circumnavigate the globe, but that your course was off by just one degree. By the time you returned to the same longitude, how far off course would you be? A few miles? A hundred miles? The answer might surprise you. An error to only one degree would put you almost 500 miles off course, or one hour of flight for a jet.
"The longer we delay corrective action, the larger the needed changes become, and the longer it takes to get back to the correct course ...
"These commandments and covenants of God are like navigational instructions from celestial heights and will lead us safely to our eternal destination.
"Remember: the heavens will not be filled with those who never made mistakes, but with those who recognized that they were off course and who corrected their ways to be back in the light of gospel truth.
"Please, do not drift off course, not even a few degrees. Hearken unto the Lord your God ..."
