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🗓️ 21 November 2024
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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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