Hank Smith
@hankrsmith
Followers
47,081
Following
260
Media
2,328
Statuses
11,634
Professor/Speaker/Author/MBA/PhD • Co-host of the Follow Him Podcast
Utah, USA
Joined March 2014
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
呪術廻戦
• 131860 Tweets
FEMA
• 121886 Tweets
Eagles
• 101265 Tweets
Chiefs
• 91075 Tweets
#GHDBT4
• 89220 Tweets
Vikings
• 72898 Tweets
Courtois
• 68618 Tweets
Commanders
• 52860 Tweets
Elsa
• 50779 Tweets
Kris Kristofferson
• 46335 Tweets
Browns
• 42687 Tweets
Broncos
• 40504 Tweets
Ancelotti
• 38525 Tweets
Simeone
• 38504 Tweets
Braves
• 35028 Tweets
Raiders
• 32436 Tweets
Mahomes
• 32409 Tweets
Watson
• 32306 Tweets
PRENDAN EL CIRIO
• 29217 Tweets
Chargers
• 27705 Tweets
Herbert
• 26019 Tweets
Flacco
• 22982 Tweets
Maite
• 21625 Tweets
Koke
• 19659 Tweets
#朝ドラおむすび
• 17312 Tweets
The Purge
• 16860 Tweets
Nacho
• 16153 Tweets
Rashee Rice
• 14182 Tweets
Cardinals
• 14150 Tweets
#RaiseHail
• 14045 Tweets
Cholo
• 12469 Tweets
Talleres
• 10833 Tweets
Pinned Tweet
What if we all sent our unused gift cards (there’s $21 billion in unused gift cards in the US) to our local domestic abuse shelters?
$5, $10, $15 gift cards may not be a lot to an individual, but get a bunch to the same business all together & you have serious purchasing power.
10
13
107
My brother Sean passed away from Covid today. He was 54.
The ICU nurses worked 24/7 for 16 days to keep him alive. They are exhausted heroes. I saw a nurse with tears in her eyes work to help him be comfortable at the end.
God bless our frontline healthcare workers.
637
180
7K
At BYU, you don’t say “Let’s go on a second date.” You say “Will you marry me?” which means, “let’s have marital problems.” Isn’t that amazing?
17
894
6K
Talked to a single girl who is a computer science major today. I asked her about her dating life. She said:
“I’m often the only girl in any of my classes, so my odds are good....
but the goods are odd.”
30
166
3K
I LOVE being in a church that:
gives over 2 billion dollars in aid
gives people clean water
feeds the starving & clothes the naked
provides wheelchairs for handicapped
cares for refugees
provides vision care
provides medical care for mothers & newborns
#GeneralConference
31
392
3K
My wife tonight:
The Grinch didn’t hate Christmas, he hated people, and that’s fair.
11
278
2K
PSA:
When a girl cries, she’s not crying over what just happened. She’s crying over everything she didn’t cry about for the last few days. What just happened pushed her over the edge & the dam broke.
Guys, it’s not about what just happened. Don’t try to fix what just happened.
78
352
2K
Proud dad moments!
My 14 yr old daughter walked into the room and my 12 year old son said, “You look so pretty!”
Next day: Same daughter gets yelled at by coach and is in her room in tears. Same son slips candy under the door with a note “I’m sorry you had a hard day.”
12
77
2K
I got so bored I checked all of my students’ profiles.
Two of them have the same boyfriend.
43
66
2K
If you didn’t serve a mission for any reason or if you didn’t serve as long as anticipated, you still absolutely & entirely belong in the church. You’re not a 2nd-class member. You don’t have to explain your mission to anyone. This church is your home as much as anyone else’s.
37
265
2K
My 7 yr old: “Who is Heerhim?”
Me: “Who?”
Him: “He said, ‘This is my Beloved Son Heerhim.’ I thought His name was Jesus.”
#GeneralConference
30
152
2K
Happy 100th President Nelson!
We thank thee oh God for a prophet.
15
195
2K
Any form of fasting is better than no fasting. Don’t let the idea of a “perfect fast” paralyze you. The Lord isn’t Dolores Umbridge.
21
148
2K
Sending love & prayers to those who are dealing with things they don’t discuss with anyone but God. Keep going.
16
210
2K
March 26, 1830. 192 years old today.
Like or retweet if you’ve read it and love it.
32
302
2K
Voting for someone doesn’t mean you love them, especially when there are only 2 choices.
A vote isn’t a Valentine.
75
179
2K
If Elder Holland lived in the 1800s he would’ve been Porter Rockwell’s bodyguard.
18
83
2K
It’s depressing how mean people are to each other on this app.
68
105
2K
Wow. Wow. Wow.
Even though we are all quarantined, it felt like we were all together.
#GeneralConference
31
110
2K
Church Handbook: “The decision as to how many children to have and when to have them is extremely intimate and private and should be left between the couple and the Lord.”
One more time: “The couple and the LORD.”
NOT the couple and the ward.
37
130
2K
5 Nephi 1:1
Thou shalt not announce 60 minute church and then have 86 minute church.
46
112
2K
If you didn’t serve a mission for any reason or if you didn’t serve as long as you anticipated, you absolutely, 100% belong in the church. You are not a 2nd-class member and you don’t have to explain the circumstances to anyone. The church is your home as much as anyone else’s.
32
128
2K
I could support an entire shutdown and quarantine of Utah County if they promised I-15 in Lehi would be done by the time we got out.
17
128
2K
We cannot raise our kids to think that the Church has all truth & everyone else is deceived. It’s not true & it will backfire on you later in life.
We are one family. We believe in a Father who gives all His children knowledge & guidance to help them on their different paths.
73
151
2K
Kid from Utah: “Mom, why don’t these ever have my name?”
Mom: “I don’t know Jaxton, let’s go. Where’s McKynzlee?”
33
241
2K
I need to
#givethanks
for this man. The impact he had, and continues to have, on my life cannot be overstated.
34
40
2K
“Are you Mormon?”
“Nope, he died along time ago. Want to read his book?”
#GeneralConference
22
243
2K
Never teach youth that sexual feelings, thoughts, and desires are evil or “from the devil.”
Teach that it’s about timing.
Marriage and sex are like drinking orange juice and brushing your teeth - they are both awesome - just make sure you get them in the right order.
17
133
2K
“Hi, this is the Bishop, I’m calling to invit you to speak in...”
Youth: “Sacrament Meeting?”
Bishop: “No. A little bigger.”
Youth: “Stake Conference?!”
Bishop: “No. A little bigger.”
Youth: “What’s bigger than Stake Conference?”
Bishop: “Um...”
17
78
2K
The Church is not only true, but it is living. Living things grow, evolve, mature, and learn from their mistakes.
32
166
2K
If you didn’t serve a mission for any reason or if you didn’t serve as long as you anticipated, you absolutely, 100% belong in the church. You’re not a 2nd-class member. You don’t have to explain the circumstances to anyone. The church is your home as much as anyone else’s.
35
178
2K
My family ran in the Run for a Cure today.
8 yr old son: (during dinner yesterday): Mom, who else is running?
My wife (softly & sensitively): There will be lots of little kids, even some who have cancer.
8 yr old (eating): So that means I can win.
The rest of us at the table:
12
118
2K
Buildings can be replaced.
Shattered glass can be swept up.
George Floyd (& thousands of others killed by racial violence through centuries of our history) can’t be replaced.
Friends & family cannot sweep up their shattered lives. Broken hearts never heal entirely.
72
251
2K
And in one shot, all the social distancing in Utah County for a week was made null & void. 🤦🏼♂️
Hundreds of missionaries from the Philippines are coming back to Salt Lake City today. Social distancing is out the window as people welcome back their family members with posters, balloons, and hugs.
@KUTV2News
886
575
2K
93
87
1K
My 14 year old daughter recently met John Bytheway’s 14 year old son. Apparently, he’s quite handsome.
She seriously just said, “Dad, if we get married, I would give birth to the greatest speaker of all time.”
23
35
1K
God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
1 John 4:16
#GeneralConference
29
82
2K
In just 3 years, Elder
@GerritWGong
earned a Master’s Degree and a Doctorate Degree from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
AND he was in the Bishopric.
I haven’t gotten out of my pajamas yet today.
#GeneralConference
12
78
1K
15 yr old daughter slept in today. By the time she was ready, I would’ve dropped her off with 25 minutes left in 1st period. So I took her out for a quick breakfast & got her there for 2nd period. It was fun. Was it the right thing to do? No idea. I’m winging it as a dad. 🤷🏼♂️
64
14
1K
Every school on the Wasatch Front: No classes due to weather
BYU: Wear a coat
Official: Classes will be held today. Please use caution as you travel to campus.
22
11
147
42
113
1K
Don’t assume that those who are inactive in the church have a weak testimony or aren’t close to God.
&
Don’t assume that those who are active in the church have a strong testimony or are close to God.
13
160
1K
My aunt: Well...that’s your 3rd plate.
Me: Yep and that’s your 3rd husband.
37
44
1K
At a fireside tonight I mentioned that I’m a diehard
@utahjazz
fan. This little guy comes up to me after and says “Donovan Mitchell is my hero! He looks like me!”
@spidadmitchell
16
40
1K
I came back from the fire evacuation and roomba was vacuuming. You have to admire that kind of work ethic.
12
37
1K
Sometimes someone will say to my wife and me “You have twins?! I always wanted twins.”
Honestly, this is twins:
It’s 3 am. I’m holding a baby, my wife is holding a baby.
And all 4 of us are crying.
38
47
1K
Don’t assume those who don’t go to church have a weak relationship with God.
&
Don’t assume those who go to church have a strong relationship with God.
27
188
1K
Some of you haven’t been through an earthquake during a pandemic and it shows.
11
131
1K
I’m
#Mormon
(although we don’t use that term anymore) & I love my Church. It has brought me the best things in my life - my wife, my children, some of my best friends, & my relationship with Christ. The Book of Mormon & the Bible have made me a better husband, father, & friend.
23
46
1K
I watched the debate for 5 minutes and I feel like I need to take a shower and go read the scriptures.
42
78
1K
Moroni drops his trumpet? New logo.
Man, President Nelson is ruthless.
22
65
1K
This is probably my favorite discovery in the BoM this year.
In the last few verses of his writing, Moroni quotes from each of the farewell speeches of the small plate prophets, his own father, & Christ’s quotation of Isaiah 54.
Dr Grant Hardy calls it a “verbal curtain call.”
36
120
1K
Egyptians just before the famine:
“Did you know Pharaoh and Joseph are up there sitting on 7 years worth of food?! Unbelievable! Hoarders!”
32
147
1K
This is my mother-in-law, Marlene Baker Savage. She would’ve been 72 today. She texted me something I’ve always remembered.
“Sometimes you have to go out on the porch and tell the Lord you can’t keep going. And then you go back inside and keep going.”
I miss her wisdom.
31
74
1K
All in favor of starting the 2-hour block today please show by the pushing of the favorite button.
16
17
1K
So does the Book of Mormon musical get canceled too because it is racist and bigoted entertainment, or do they get a pass?
67
132
1K
Health is more important than weight. Learning is more important than GPA. Friendship is more important than popularity. Character is more important than looks. People are more important than things.
Refuse to become part of the crowd who are obsessed with the superficial.
3
321
1K
Don’t get discouraged my friends. There is always something to be grateful for. Our grandparents & great grandparents saw dark days and fought through them. We’ll fight through ours too.
9
82
1K
It’s tough to live with one foot in the world and one foot in the church. We love the Lord, but we still don’t want to miss out on what the world offers. Eventually you have to make a choice and put both feet on one side or the other.
Choose Him.
26
119
1K
You have every right to say, “I forgive you and I hope the best for you, but you will not be a part of my life.”
Boundaries are crucial to your happiness. Be kind, but be strong.
6
294
1K
My father passed away unexpectedly this last Thursday morning. He left this life in the ideal way. He fell asleep in his favorite recliner and woke up in the Spirit World, likely to a round of golf with his parents.
#tilwemeetagain
105
14
1K
How amazing it would be if every father took this kind of interest in teaching & mentoring each daughter.
Make time for your most important & precious relationships.
7
117
1K
Talked with another student today who wants to “tough out” anxiety & depression without medical help. I asked him if he would ask that of someone with diabetes, arthritis, asthma, epilepsy, etc.
“No way.”
👏Depression is not a 👏character 👏problem, it is a 👏medical 👏problem.
7
223
1K
Did you know BYU and the other CES schools sponsored by the Church rejected the U.S. government’s direct offer of a third of a billion dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funds in 2020 and 2021?
103
68
1K
Is there a greater orator on the planet than
@HollandJeffreyR
? My goodness. I am so thankful for the privilege to hear him speak.
#GeneralConference
29
51
1K
I promise you that whatever trial is breaking your heart tonight, the Lord is aware of you. Every struggle has purpose. You may not see His hand until you are looking back on this pain from years in the future, but He is with you now. Trust His timing & His unending love for you.
8
251
1K
Church handbook: “The decision as to how many children to have and when to have them is extremely intimate and private and should be left between the couple and the Lord.”
One more time: “The couple and the Lord.”
NOT the couple and the ward.
18
110
1K
Are there members who aren’t taking this seriously? Look how seriously the leaders of the Church are taking it.
Not only do we believe they’re prophets, but P Nelson & E Renlund were doctors for decades. E Gong assisted a Sec of State & E Cook was CEO of California Healthcare.
46
116
1K
Alma the Younger gets more page time in the Book of Mormon than any other person besides Jesus. Do you think Mormon did that on purpose? The “vilest of all sinners” ends up being translated. Is there an embedded principle Mormon wanted us to see?
23
72
1K
I lost my brother, one of my closest friends, and my father, all within 90 days of each other. It rocked my world, but not my faith. God is good and visits us in our pain.
45
24
1K
Moses could write a book on lacking confidence, Esther could talk on overwhelming fear, Peter knows about embarrassing mistakes, Thomas understands doubt. Christ himself could tell us about being hated.
So if you’re struggling, keep your chin up, you’re standing with the best.
6
272
1K
Time to dig deep & find your inner Gordon B Hinckley. If you were born in the 1900s like I was you can probably still hear his voice.
He’d say, “Don’t get discouraged. Things will work out. The Lord is at the helm! God be thanked for the matchless gift of His Beloved Son.”
26
108
1K
My mom passed gently into the arms of my dad this last Saturday. She and I had some fun conversations these last few weeks. Last Thursday, as we talked about all the people she would see soon, she closed her eyes and said “oh that sounds nice.” ❤️
I am very grateful to know what
85
13
1K
All of the world’s problems haven’t been packed into the last 6 months. This planet has seen much darker times and good has always risen to the challenge and won.
9
125
1K
#LDSConf
should randomly choose which session has the sustainings. Leave the hecklers guessing.
16
83
1K
The world is sick, both physically and spiritually.
We know a guy.
21
70
1K
One of the secrets for a happier life:
if you disagree with someone, you don’t have to tell them.
12
230
1K
You can only know the Church is true to the degree in which you are true to what the Church teaches.
The Church isn’t on trial, we are.
16
119
1K
Wow. Wow. Wow.
@DaleGRenlund
’s message was incredible.
I am sorry for any division I’ve caused. I hope to keep my life and interactions centered on Christ. No more contention. Unity.
Such a beautiful talk. Thank you Elder Renlund.
“When love of Christ envelops our lives, we approach disagreements with meekness, patience, and kindness. We worry less about our own sensitivities and more about our neighbor’s.” —Elder
@DaleGRenlund
#GeneralConference
16
232
1K
16
44
1K
1 Nephi
👴🏽🙏🔥•👴🏽🕍🗣😡•🏕🤬🤬•🔙🕍🤬🤬🙋🏽♂️•🙍🏽♂️🗡🤴🏽😵•🔙🕍🧓🏽👵🏽👩🏽👩🏽👩🏽👩🏽•👴🏽💤🌳🍎•👱🏽♂️😇🌳🍎•💍👰🏽👰🏽👰🏽👰🏽•👴🏽😲🔮↔️•🏹🤦🏽♂️🤬🤬🔮👴🏽🦌🥩•🧓🏽😵⚰️😭•👱🏽♂️⛰🛠⛵️•👼🏽👼🏽•⛵️🕺🏽💃🏽🌊🤦🏽♂️🆘🤬🤬🙏🌈⛵️🏞
21
206
1K
The first word from God in the First Vision is “Joseph.”
In one word Joseph learns something we all need to know in life: God knows you. He knows your name. He knows your life. He knows all your failures & successes. You matter to Him.
6
93
1K
Little children don’t worry much about their happiness, yet they are the happiest people on earth. They enjoy what they’re doing & who they’re with.
Maybe Christ’s commandment to become “as a child,” is less about being obedient & humble, and more about being happy with life.
14
160
1K
It’s one of Satan’s least favorite days of the year.
Happy Birthday Elder Holland!
26
56
1K
Parents who abuse children privately (in any way), but are religious publicly, should expect those children, when they are grown, to turn their back on God and attack the religion their parents pretended to love. It is a natural response to such trauma.
The soul keeps score.
16
103
1K
People who think the church’s alleged 100 billion could solve the world’s problems seem to be forgetting the US Gov brings in 4 trillion in taxes every year.
4 trillion.
42
72
1K
When you see a happy person, don’t assume their life is perfect. They likely have complicated problems and have experienced deep suffering, but they choose to smile anyway.
16
135
1K