“Those of you who have studied the process of plant growth are familiar with the remarkable way plants take light from the sun and transform it into energy and new growth, ... Most plants can’t survive long without light. If there is no light, there is no energy. Plants that are deprived of light begin to wear away and eventually perish.”
Without light, they cannot sustain life.
“We understand the role light plays in the growth and survival of plants, ... Do we understand its role in ours?”
Like plants, individuals must be “gatherers of light” to sustain spiritual life.
“We know what happens to plants that are severed from light. What happens to mortals, what happens to us, who are separated from the Light of Christ?” he asked. “What happens when we walk in paths that shade us from God’s light? Can our spirits thrive without being drenched in the pure light of truth, the Light and Redeemer of the world?”
... a large part of the job description of a disciple of Christ is to become a light gatherer, a light collector, and to bear that light to the world.”
Dieter Uchtdorf at BYU-Hawaii
commencement exercises December 2018
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