Come Follow Me D&C Podcast 25, “The Lord Requireth the Heart and a Willing Mind” -- D&C 64-66

Meridian Magazine--Come Follow Me Latter-day Saint Podcast

Scot Facer Proctor

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 11 June 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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June 14-20

Many years ago, I read Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo: the unabridged version which is 1,463 pages long. Next to the scriptures, it was the greatest reading experience of any book I have ever had. I became so close to the characters, Jean Valjean, Monsieur Charles-François-Bienvenu Myriel—the Bishop of Digne (‘deen’), Fantine, Cosette, Gavroche, Marius, Javert and many others that I wept for a long time after I finished the book because I was so sad, I would not be able to meet them in the Spirit World! Maurine reminded me they were fictional characters. I was completely transported into their hearts, their world, their times, their pain, their burdens. Maurine and I even went to Victor Hugo’s home in Guernsey Island off the coast of Normandy in the English Channel to get a sense of where he wrote this classic novel. Do you want to know my very favorite moment from the entire 1,463 pages? It has to do with this episode.

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0:00.0	Many years ago, I read Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, the unabridged version which is
0:23.3	1,463 pages long. Next to the Scriptures, it was the greatest reading experience of any book
0:31.3	I have ever read. I became so close to the characters Jean Valjean, The Bishop of Dean,
0:38.2	Fontine, Cossette, Gavrosch, Marius, Javier, and many others that I wept for a long time after
0:45.9	I finished the book, because I was so sad I would not be able to meet them in the spirit world.
0:51.4	Marien reminded me they were fictional characters. I was completely transported into their hearts,
0:57.6	their world, their times, their pain, their burdens. Marien and I even went to Victor Hugo's
1:04.4	home in Gernsey Island off the coast of Normandy and the English channel to get a sense of where
1:09.2	he wrote this classic novel. Do you want to know my very favorite moment from the entire 1,463 pages?
1:18.5	It has to do with our lesson today. Welcome to Meridian Magazine's Come Follow Me podcast. We are
1:26.5	Scott and Marien Proctor and we are delighted to be with you again this week to talk about
1:31.8	Doctrine and Covenants, section 64 through 66, with a lesson entitled The Lord Require the Heart
1:40.1	and a willing mind. We can't tell you how grateful we are for your words of encouragement and support
1:46.6	through emails, texts, Facebook messages and even personal visits. This is our 125th podcast in a row
1:54.7	and we love being with you in your homes and cars and to talk about our favorite topic,
2:00.7	The Lord and His Scriptures. The Come Follow Me curriculum is brilliant and we are so glad we get
2:06.3	to study it together with you. So I think most all of us are familiar with Les Mis. Many of us have
2:13.4	seen it on Broadway in New York or on the West End in London or even locally. Right now the only
2:19.9	place it is playing in a professional production in the whole world is at the Hale Center Theatre
2:25.2	in Santa Utah and we saw it the other night and that's what brought this to my mind.
2:31.2	So the answer to my question of my very favorite moment? You know the basic story.
2:37.5	Fontine has a daughter, Cousette, who is conceived through a man who spent a summer with her and then
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