Monday, November 23, 2015

Ingrained memory of Susan

A Dibble relative was going on a mission so the whole clan came to our sacrament meeting to hear her going away talk. When I went over to talk to Jan Dibble and Allison Dibble, they asked about the family. Since Susan and Allison were the same age, Jan asked about Susan. Then she said, "I will never forget your daughter. I will never forget her comment in a parents meeting we were having." I asked what it was. Jan replied, "I don't recall the type of meeting, but there were parents there and for some reason they were raising their hands to tell of the commandments their child had broken and how their child was lost, wayward, and the parents were lamenting the 'cause' of their children. There had been several parents tell their stories, then Susan, a teenager girl raised her hand and said, 'I think you are forgetting that there is repentance. Christ suffered and atoned for our sins so we could repent." Sister Dibble said, there was silence and that there were no more negative comments after that.  She will never forget what Susan said and the courage it took to raise her hand in the middle of all the parents who were older than her.

2 comments:

Lomal said...

Awesome experience! No wonder I love our girls so much.

texansusan said...

I have no memory of that... but I'm glad what I said left an impression. I hope Allison is doing well!

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