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, the fall of David, David and Besheba. This is the David who was able to

overcome Goliath, but he falls here. Tell me what story you have. It hurts because he has

points where he could go,

oh, maybe I should have gone to war. Maybe I shouldn't be up here on my leisure porch. Maybe I just

shouldn't be here. Maybe we can learn lots of lessons from that. I have a book at home called The Next

Few Years Will Change Your Life by Travis Hanson. I think he's an athletic director down at BYU now.

Great guy. I'll let him tell the

story. I was a sophomore in high school. A time when many teens want to make friends, get a driver's

license, be seen in the latest fashions. I was no different. Some of the older guys had cool clothes,

just the kind of gear other teens would love to have. A few of my friends learned these older

guys stole this,

another clothing from the university mall, and sold what they didn't keep. My friends thought it was a

cool thing to do. And somewhere along the line, I bought into the idea that it would be a thrill

and went along for the ride. And then he said, you can see where this is going already.

Walking into the mall, we came up with a plan. Somebody would be said, you can see where this is going already. Walking into the mall,

we came up with a plan. Somebody would be lookout. Somebody else would distract the clerk.

Another guy would steal the stuff. I had a bad feeling about this. As soon as we got to the

store, we decided to target. It also happened to be the most popular shop in the mall,

a place where the cool kids shopped. but I had this feeling it was not right.

I didn't belong there. I absolutely shouldn't be part of it. Everything I had been taught all my life,

everything I thought I was, screamed at me to run away. I tried to think of excuses. My mom needed me

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