New Convert Corrects Bishop? • followHIM Favorites • Apr. 13-19 • Come Follow Me

Hank Smith· Host0:00

[gentle music] 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 are in the Book of Exodus this week, and I have a story for you. It's a simple story, but it really has stayed with me. Do you remember in Exodus chapter 17, Moses has his hands up, and as long as he has his hands up, the Israelites win- Prevail ... this battle.

John Bytheway· Co-host0:25

Yeah.

Hank Smith· Host0:26

Yeah. Says his arms are very heavy, and he's, he, he can't do it under his own strength, so two people, Aaron and Hur, H-U-R, come under his arms. Do you remember this? And they, they hold up his arms. It said it stayed up his hands. Listen to this story. This is told from President Eyring, but it was a long time ago when President Eyring was a singles ward bishop. This is what he says. He says, "You may have had the experience of being made stronger by the people you were called to serve." That's exactly what happens in this story. "When I was bishop of a young, single adults ward, a young man came in for counsel. He was a freshman at a very good university." So a week after they'd had their talk, he schedules another appointment. This young man comes in. He's a- Yeah ... new member of the church. He's only 18 [laughs] years old. John, sometimes we learn things from new members. The fact that they don't know what, how things maybe are supposed to run or traditionally run, that