Follow Him: A Come, Follow Me Podcast - Two Inches. One Decision. • followHIM Favorites • October 27 - November 2 • Come Follow Me

Episode Date: October 23, 2025

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Welcome to follow him favorites. This is where John and I share a single story to go with each week's lesson. John, only one section of the Doctrine and Covenants this week, section 124, and it's your turn for a story. There's a verse in there, Hank, that Lord just says the nicest thing to Hiram. I, the Lord, love Hiram because of the integrity of his heart. I would like to have a section of the Doctrine Covenant say that about you. Yeah. I'm not holding my breath, okay?

What a great thing. I know, Hank, that you love Elder Joseph B. Worthland. I've heard you tell stories about him. Oh, what a great soul. Yeah, there was a time when he was playing football. I mean, I remember the story about the helmet going sideways, and his eyes were looking out the earhole and everything. He was so funny.

There was an experience that he had where he called it a defining experience. The play called for me, Elder Worthland said, a younger Elder Worthland to run the ball up the middle to score the go-ahead touchdown. This is American football. I took the hand off and plunged into the line. I knew I was close to the goal line, but I didn't know how close. Although I was pinned at the bottom of the pile, so the referees can't see because there's all these people on top. I reached my fingers forward a couple of inches and I could feel it. The goal line was two inches away. So he could like feel the paint on the graph. He could feel where the goal line is. Oh. At that moment, I was tempted to push the ball forward. I could have done it. See, everybody's on top of him. Nobody would see. But then I remembered the words of my mother, Joseph, she had often said to me, do what is right, no matter the consequence, do what is right, and things will turn out okay. I wanted so desperately to score that touchdown. More than being a hero in the eyes of my friends, I wanted to be a hero.

in the eyes of my mother. So I left the ball where it was two inches from the goal wide. Wow. Hank, your dad was a golf pro. What happens if you accidentally touch your ball or it moves? What are the rules of golf say you have to do?

That's a penalty. It's a two-stroke penalty and you can put it back where it was. Many people would be like, oh, no one's soft. I'm okay. John, that's an incredible story. It happened to Bobby Jones and he was like, no, I know

that ball moved. And I can't deny that ball moved. And just stories of integrity like that get to you because you were this close. Nope. I want to be a hero in the eyes of my mother. I love that. I love that. Let's put that on a t-shirt. I want to be a hero in the eyes of my mother. We hope you'll join us on our full podcast. It's called Follow Him. You can get it on any podcast platform. We're with Dr. Liz Darger this week. She shares some stories and some personal experiences that really will take your breath away. They're really, really touching. And then we hope you'll join us next week. We'll do another follow-in favorite.