Elder David T. Warner spoke about his son Matthew at our
ward conference. When Matthew was about four, he became interested in
collecting coins. He kept them in a big plastic tub. His dad, always on the
lookout for a teaching moment, showed Matthew how to count them and sort them
into rolls. Tithing and saving for the future were mentioned. The next day
Matthew’s mom saw him dumping them back into his plastic tub. “What are you
doing?” she asked. “I just have to feel like me again,” he replied. Elder
Warner said his son’s coin obsession brought clarity to Alma 45:16. One day he saw
Matthew bounding about with his cheeks stuffed with nickels. Alarmed, he
grabbed his son and coins went flying. “Daddy,” Matthew said, “don’t be mad!” “I’m
not mad,” Elder Warner said. “But I love you. I can’t look at nickels in your
mouth with the least degree of allowance.”
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