Hank Smith: 00:00 Hi there, friends. My name is Hank Smith. I’m the co-host of a podcast called followHIM. I have a co-host–a co-host has to have a co-host, and I have a co-host right here. His name is John Bytheway. Hi John.

John Bytheway: 00:12 Hi Hank. Thanks for being my cohort and co-host and thanks for cooperating with me in this commission.

Hank Smith: 00:20 You’re too quick for me. I can’t do quick puns. John, we do a little clip called followHIM Favorites. and that’s what we’re gonna do right now. Our lesson this week is on section 64, 65 and 66. You get to choose one thing as your followHIM favorite. What is it?

John Bytheway: 00:39 Oh, okay. Well, I’m glad for 64. This is the youth theme this year is section 64, verse 33 for the year 2021. It’ll always be a scripture. It’ll always be an awesome scripture. But for this year you may have heard talks about it and it begins like this: “Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing”. And I just think “Be Not Weary” is a very nice King James version sounding way of saying don’t get tired. And when I give a talk to the youth about this, since it’s a youth theme this year, I always like to say, what are you tired of? And I show ’em masks. Oh, I’m tired of wearing a mask. What else are you tired of? I’m tired of Zoom classes. Oh, me too. I’m a teacher. You know, who else is tired of Zoom classes? I say. And then I show a parent sitting next to a computer trying to help their kid do the Zoom class. Right. And then my favorite is I show ’em some murder hornets that came in 2020. They’re like…

Hank Smith: 01:32 I’m tired of those.

John Bytheway: 01:33 Yeah, they’re like three feet long and they carry away your bicycle and stuff. And so there’s a lot of things to be tired of, but I love what this verse says. Be not weary in well doing. Never get tired of knowing and doing and being good and doing the right things and just trying your best because you’re laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things, you might think they’re small, but out of these small things proceed that which is great. So don’t ever get tired of the good stuff. I love that verse.

Hank Smith: 02:06 I love that, John. And you’re gonna get tired in the work. Don’t get tired of the work.

John Bytheway: 02:10 Sure, but it’s a different kind of tired.

Hank Smith: 02:12 Yeah.

John Bytheway: 02:12 It’s a good tired.

Hank Smith: 02:13 Yeah. You might just say to yourself, I’m exhausted and that’s okay. It’s okay to be exhausted in the Lord’s work, but don’t ever say, you know what? I’m done with the Lord’s work. I’m tired of it. My followHIM Favorite is, I couldn’t choose one. So I’m gonna ask our listeners to just do something. Take section 64, go through it and underline or highlight all the times that the Lord talks about forgive, forgiveness, I forgave. And then read those verses with the highlighted word. And what you’re gonna find out is that the Lord is a delightful forgiver. He loves to forgive. And the second thing I think he loves is when we forgive each other. When he says yes, Joseph has sinned. Yes, you have sinned. I’m gonna forgive all of you.

  03:01 Please forgive each other. He says, be kind to one another. Don’t seek, you know, evil of one another. I know I’ve done dumb things before. I’ve offended people. And so I’ve been on that side of it where I’m like, please forgive me. So knowing what it feels like to be on this side, it’s nice to be on the other side saying, of course I forgive you. Right? It’s a beautiful thing. President Monson quoted a poet named George Herbert once, this is what he said, he that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven for everyone has need of forgiveness. So even though it is very difficult we can all tell the Lord we want help in forgiving one another. So that’s my followHIM Favorite. We hope you’ll join us on our podcast. It’s called followHIM and you can find it wherever you get your podcasts.