Floating on a Cushion of Air

On the sweetness…

A very obese man who joined a few years back–he was in and out of jail at the time, has made a remarkable turn-around–gives his very first lesson in church Sunday for Elders Quorum.  He is very nervous, especially since the Prophet had just died.  He struggles to talk about what President Nelson has meant to him.  His sincerity and goodness shines through.  The Spirit is present.

Afterwards, you and he and a couple of others are standing on the church porch, watching the rain.  You talk about President Nelson.  You talk about the dead in Michigan.  These are heavy topics.  After a pause you ask him what he thought about his first lesson.

“It was good,” he says.  There is a short pause.  “When you feel the Spirit, it feels like floating on a cushion of air,” he says.