Make giving and serving part of who you are now, Bishop Douglas tells BYU–Idaho students

Giving and serving should not wait until there is more time or money in life, said Bishop Sean Douglas, second counselor in the Presiding Bishopric, during a BYU–Idaho devotional on Tuesday, Nov. 3. “Make caring for God’s children central to who you are and what you do now,” he said. “We give now when we are young with very little so that we will always give. We serve now when we are students, when time is scarce, so that we will always serve.” Drawing on experiences with his wife, Sister Ann Douglas, and examples of humanitarian work by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Bishop Douglas invited students to make caring for those in need a lifelong expression of their love for God and fellow men. “Giving and serving are not to be put off for an ideal season of life,” he said, adding that service “is everyday discipleship.

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