Welcome to Follow Him Favorites.
This is where John and I share a single story to go with each week's Come Follow Me Lesson.
John, we're in the final lesson of Psalms, you have a story. I do. Hank, I know you love Elder Joseph B. Worthland. I've heard you talk about some of his stories before. I was looking at the Psalm that is kind of well known.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet. Psalm 119 verse 105, "I love the idea of light to your feet, symbolically this is so you'll know where to go and your path in life." So Elder Worthland said, "In my younger days, I'd love to run, although it may be hard for you to believe it, I did win a few races, I'm not so fast anymore.
In fact, I'm not sure how well I would do at a race.
If the only contestants were the members of the Corps of the 12th, I'd like to see that. He said, "My ability to run is not so swift now, while I'm looking forward to the future time when with a resurrected body I can once again sprint over a field and feel the wind blowing through my hair, I do not dwell on the fact that I cannot do it now. That would be unwise."
He had no hair. Right. He talked about John Wooden, who was the greatest basketball coach in the history of the game.
“Remember, him, Hank, you see a legendary coach.”
Amazing. Four, four undefeated seasons, ten national championships, a streak of 88 consecutive wins. And he told his players, don't worry about trying to be better than someone else. Learn from others, don't try to be better than they are. You have no control over that.
Try very hard to be the best that you can be. That you have control over. And then Elderworth once said, "Let me side a hypothetical example of a deer sister in any ward." And I was like, "Wait, hypothetical of a deer, okay, so it's not a real person.
Let me side a hypothetical example of a deer sister in any ward."
The one who has perfect children who never cause a disturbance in church.
She's the one working on the 20th generation in her family history. Heaps an immaculate home has memorized the book of Mark. And makes wool sweaters for orphan children and Romania. No disrespect, of course, intended for any of those worthy goals. Now, when you get tempted to throw your hands in the air and give up, because of this
deer sister, please remember you're not competing with her. Any more than I'm competing with other members of the corps of the 12th in winning a 50-yard dash.
“The only thing you need to worry about is striving to be the best you can be.”
And how do you do that? You keep your eye on the goals that matter and you move forward towards them, step by step. Truly, God's word through scriptures and modern-day prophets is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. I love it.
The learned's like, "Just take another step." Don't look sideways. You do the best you can. Take another step. Love your path.
Focus on it. I love it. We hope you'll join us on our full podcast. It's called Follow Him. You can get it wherever you get your podcasts.
We are with Dr. Michael Ballum this week.
“Now, if you don't know how that is, and you remember the church, ask your grandma.”
She will know who Dr. Michael Ballum is. You'll want to come over for Dr. Ballum. He is an opera singer. He does some singing on our show. It's really fun.
Then come back here next week. We'll do another Follow Him Favorites.
