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Cross My Heart and Hope to Live • followHIM Favorites • November 25 - December 1 • Come Follow Me

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Hank Smith & John Bytheway

Hank Smith, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Follow Him, Doctrine And Covenants, Christianity, Courses, John Bytheway, Follow Me

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🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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0:00.0

Hello, everyone. Welcome to Follow Him favorites. This is where John and I share a single story to go with each Come Follow Me lesson.

0:09.6

John, we're in the last lesson of the book of Ether, Ether 12 through 15, and I have a story for you. I think you've heard it, but for those who haven't, this is the story of all stories.

0:22.2

President Nelson told this story about when he was a heart surgeon, a very good heart surgeon.

0:30.3

He said he met with a state patriarch down in southern Utah.

0:35.1

The man had a heart problem.

0:37.3

This was 40 years ago, he says,

0:39.9

during the pioneering days of heart surgery, he said, this saintly soul was hurting because of

0:48.2

his failing heart. He pleaded for my help. He said, we did extensive evaluations and found that he had two faulty valves.

0:57.4

I didn't even know my heart had valves, but okay.

1:00.5

He said, one of these we could fix with surgery.

1:03.7

The other couldn't do it.

1:05.7

We could not fix it.

1:07.0

Even with surgery, he said, so I didn't advise him to have surgery, right?

1:10.3

Because I can only

1:10.9

fix half your problem. You're still going to have this problem and now you're going to be

1:14.6

recovering from heart surgery. He received this news. President Nelson says, of course, with great

1:20.1

disappointment because that means he has a shortened life. He kept coming back. Finally,

1:26.2

President Nelson says, in desperation, he spoke to me. Dr. Nelson,

1:31.2

I have prayed for help and have been directed to you. The Lord will not reveal to me how to repair

1:37.5

that second valve, but he can reveal it to you. Your mind is prepared. Then he said something, John, that no friend should ever say

1:46.4

to another friend, if you will operate on me, the Lord will tell you what to do. If someone ever says

1:53.8

that to you, say, I refuse. I can see a missionary companionship going, let's not go to the hospital.

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