Follow Him: A Come, Follow Me Podcast - Doctrine & Covenants 124 followHIM Favorites with Dr. Susan Easton Black

Episode Date: October 24, 2021

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Hello everyone, welcome to follow him favorites. My name is Hank Smith. I'm here with the incredible John by the way and the amazing Dr. Susan Eastern Black. We're here with follow him favorites or doctrine covenant section 1, 24 John. You know how this works? You get to pick one thing from our lesson this week to share. Well, thanks Hank. This is a long section, but it right towards the beginning share. Well thanks Hank this is a long section but right towards the beginning verse 15 the Lord says something to Hiram Smith he says something similar to George Miller in verse 20 but I just think wow how to feel to be Hiram and have the Lord say this. Very late I say unto you bless it is my servant Hiram Smith for I the Lord love him because of the integrity of his heart and because they

love it that which is right before me say it the Lord. And I just want to talk about the word integrity because it's related to the word integrated. And I heard somebody say it like this once for those of you who can see me, I'm holding my my hand up here, my left hand saying this is what we know is right. This is where we're living. This is what we know is right. This is where we're living. Right? And integrity, one definition is to get your actions to come up to the level of your understanding. And then what you know and what you do, we might say are integrated. And that's integrity. We are actually not only talking the talk, but walking the walk. And the Lord sees that in Hiram. And I think what a compliment to say

the integrity of his heart. Now, I wanna be there where Hiram is someday. So I gotta work on getting my actions up to the level of my understanding. That's why I like that first. Yeah, I think it was Gandhi who said happiness is when what you believe and what you live are the same. Right? That is when you live. That is when we see that.

Happiness and integrity. My fault in favor it is in verse 60. This building is mentioned many times. Most people know what the Nahu temple is, but if you read the name Nahu House in verse 60, you might not know what this is. It's a resting place, like a hotel. The Lord says, for the weary traveler in verse 60, that he may contemplate the glory of Zion

and the glory of this, the cornerstone thereof, right? And that they're gonna build the temple, but they need to build a hotel. And they get started building this hotel, but it never is completely finished. They, Joseph is killed in the Saints' move west, and you might think, well, that was a prophecy. It didn't come true. There was no weary travelers that came to Navu.

And there were some during Joseph's life, but now there are plenty of weary travelers who go to Navu. I've been one of them many times. So sometimes we might think, oh, you know, the Lord's prophecy here, what he said wasn't fulfilled, but it absolutely is. Avvoo is a place for many, many travelers. I think in our full podcast, Susan told us, 330,000 visitors came to the re-dedication, the open house of the Navu temple. That is a fulfillment of the nations of the earth coming to Navu, a place for the weary traveler.

All right, Susan, Dr. Susan Eastern Black is here and she's gonna share with us her follow him favorite. Well, my follow him favorite is basically the opposite of John's. I like your idea of integrity, but sometimes when you get the contrast, it's pretty interesting. My favorite today is verse 84, and it's about a man named Alma W. Babet, and he is told by the Lord, there are many things with which I am not pleased. And then the Lord tells one of them. He said, he set up a golden calf for the worship of the people. Meaning, he's choosing money over

the Lord. And my favorite story of him illustrating this is that on June 26, 1844, Joseph and Hiram were in Carthage jail and visiting them is their uncle, John Smith. Joseph asked Uncle John Smith to go find this Amma W. Babet who is an attorney by trade and tell him that they would like him to defend them in a court of law, which they think this will be a court at that point. And when Uncle John Smith comes to see Alma W. Baboot, he says to him, do you know Joseph and Hyram or in Carthage Jail, and Baboot indicated he did. But then Uncle John Smith says, oh, good.

He said, I've come because they want you to defend them. And a court of law, at which point, Alma W. Babat says, I'm sorry, Uncle John, you're too late. I've already been hired by the other side. So the message to me is there are blessings. There are warnings. And, you know, just, you know just watch what you're doing. Stay close to the center of the church. If you've got the Achilles heel out there, if it is a golden calf or whatever it might be, choose the Lord. Don't choose a false substitute that actually won't bring you happiness. I choose integrity that

John talked about go visit Navu. We've all been weary travelers there, but would go back again the heartbeat, right? Absolutely. And feel the spirit of Joseph. I love that Susan. I love the contrast between both of your following favorites. Susan, did I get that date right? June 26th, a day before the martyrdom, that happened. A day before the martyrdom. I mean, can you imagine? And you go, it was his time to rise up and be great. And...

Just didn't. I remember Elder Hall on saying once, beware the scars of any battle of which you've been fighting on the wrong side. That's great, great statement. Well, we are grateful for Dr. Suzy Simblock being with us. And we hope you'll join us on our full podcast. You can get it wherever you get your podcasts.

Come on over and you'll be able to learn so much from her. But if not, please join us next week for Follow Him Favorites. you