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Never feed the foxes! What does that mean? Breaking commandments is like feeding foxes. In England where we live, my wife and I had heard that foxes were right in town. We wanted to see a fox. A neighbor told us that if we left food for the foxes we probably would see one. Our butcher gave us some bones. Each night we would place some bones out in the backyard. Soon a fox came to eat. Then a few more. Now we have at least five foxes racing through our flower garden, digging up the lawn, and leaving a shamble every night, sort of like a furry Jurassic Park. What started out as a curiosity is now a problem, and sin is much the same. An indiscretion can begin a process that can make a mess of a whole life. Remember, if you don't start feeding the foxes, they will never tear up your yard. If you avoid making the seemingly small and harmless mistakes, your life will be free of many larger problems later on.

Hugh Wallace Pinnock

Quote Author: Hugh Wallace Pinnock

Hugh Wallace Pinnock

Hugh Wallace Pinnock

Hugh Wallace Pinnock (1934 - 2000) was a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1977 until his death.

He graduated from University of Utah in 1958, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity . When Pinnock was called as the General President of the LDS Sunday School in 1979 he became the first person since David O. McKay in 1934 to serve simultaneously as a general authority and the head of the church's Sunday School. He served as the president of the Sunday School from 1979 to 1986 and from 1989 to 1992. He is the only head of the LDS Sunday School to have served two nonconsecutive terms.

Pinnock was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Prior to his call to the First Quorum of the Seventy in 1977 he served as a bishop, regional representative, president of the Pennsylvania Harrisburg Mission, and a member of the General Priesthood Committee on home teaching.

Pinnock served in the Presidency of the Seventy from 1986 to 1989. He died in December 2000, at which time he was serving in the presidency of the North America Southwest Area of the church.

Other Hugh Wallace Pinnock Quotes

Life is not stationary. Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years all tick away at the same clip for everyone. No age-group can be isolated. None of us can settle into infancy, youth, middle age, or old age. We all grow older, and, incidentally, it is an exciting thought if the accent is on growing. 'Though our outward man perish,' said Paul, 'yet the inward man is renewed day by day' (2 Cor. 4:16; italics added).

One day when I was seventeen years old, I was washing the family car in anticipation of going on a date that evening. My father came out of the house to observe what I was doing. He criticized me to the extent that I felt as if I was doing nothing right. Finally I said something like, 'Dad, get off my case. Dont you understand this is the first time I have ever been a teenager?' He looked at me and said, 'Pal, dont you know this is the first time I have ever been a father?' I grew wiser that day because I realized we all are learning together within a family. We cannot expect our parents to be perfect any more than we can expect ourselves to be all that we hoped to be.

Never feed the foxes! What does that mean? Breaking commandments is like feeding foxes. In England where we live, my wife and I had heard that foxes were right in town. We wanted to see a fox. A neighbor told us that if we left food for the foxes we probably would see one. Our butcher gave us some bones. Each night we would place some bones out in the backyard. Soon a fox came to eat. Then a few more. Now we have at least five foxes racing through our flower garden, digging up the lawn, and leaving a shamble every night, sort of like a furry Jurassic Park. What started out as a curiosity is now a problem, and sin is much the same. An indiscretion can begin a process that can make a mess of a whole life. Remember, if you don't start feeding the foxes, they will never tear up your yard. If you avoid making the seemingly small and harmless mistakes, your life will be free of many larger problems later on.

A successful home is based on the love and helpfulness of children just as it is based on loving parents handling their responsibilities. Be eager to forgive when problems arise at home. Help with your younger brothers and sisters when needed. You are their hero.