59. He Just Said "No!"

A talk given by six-year-old Camilla Cleverly on Sunday, March 20, 1988, in the Primary of the Bountiful Twentieth Ward, Bountiful Utah South Stake. Camilla at the time was in Kindergarten.

Once there was a boy, and his name was Michael. He had a cold. He wanted to go out and play in the snow. He went and asked his mom. She said no.

He remembered what he learned in Primary about Heavenly Father answering prayers. He prayed to Heavenly Father that Mom would change her mind.

Then his friend came over and wanted him to play outside in the snow. Michael said, “No, my mom said I can’t. But come back after lunch because I prayed to Heavenly Father that she’d change her mind.”

He came back after lunch, and Michael asked, “Mom, can I go outside and play?” She still said no.

His friend said, “I guess Heavenly Father didn’t answer your prayer.”

“Yes, he answered, but he just said no.”

Heavenly Father always hears our prayers and answers them but sometimes not in the way we want. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.