Welcome to Follow Him Favorites. This is where John and I are sharing a single story to go with

each week's Come Follow Me lesson. John, we are in Leviticus today. Do you have a story for us?

Yeah, Hank, this is from Brad Wilcox's book, our friend called A Change Through His Grace.

And he tells a story about the woman who's just trying to do the right thing.

He said one single mother was struggling to rear her children in the gospel after her husband

left the church and divorced her.

She told me tearfully how difficult it was to be the bad guy, who enforced bedtimes, stressed

nutrition, required church attendance while her ex-husband did the opposite.

On the weekends, the children were with him. He'd let him stay up late, eat whatever they wanted,

took them to amusement parks instead of church. I assured her she was doing the right thing,

even though it was difficult. Just two weeks later,

this mother shared with me a note her oldest daughter had written, Dear Mom,

thanks for being our mom. Dad is just trying to be our buddy. He's trying to win us over by

spending money on us, but I am old enough to see what's going on,

and I appreciate you for expecting us to make something of our lives.

Maybe the little kids don't get it yet, but I do.

The parent with the rules is the one who really cares.

Wow.

What a great story, because that's really what Leviticus and the end of Exodus,

they're about the rules, the commandments, the sacrifices. A little kid said one in primary,

Jesus has rules with the three words so profound. God has rules. He has boundaries. And they're there to bless us in the long

run, right? You do a cheer with your family. The gospel rules. The gospel rules. All right,

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