I can easily compare this to my clients at work. When I first started I was very lenient on the "rules" that i ask of them because they would complain about how hard it was and I felt bad and didnt want to be mean. I found that my clients were not seeing results and ended up unhappy and unlikely to renew my services. Now on the other hand, I am very stern with my clients despite any tears shed or curse words that they describe me by. I do this because I know that they will be very happy when they see the final picture and that all the sacrifices will seem so small when they attain the goals that they desired. These are the clients that renew my services and want to go tell the whole world about me so that they can experience the same joy. I think my recent mindset compares to the LDS church and my old training mindset compares to other churches. I believe there intentions are not flawed but the end result is. I am thankful for the knowledge that I have of the uniqueness and beauty of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
The one true church of God
I have been listening to the BOM on CD in my car to and from work lately and I am currently in second Nephi. It is nice to hear some of the things that I have recently read to have it re-iterated. I am often times confused when I try to explain to others why I believe that our church is "better" than theirs. I hate to use that terminology and I sometimes think that I am too lenient in my thinking about the other faiths. In second Nephi it is constantly talking about how there is only two churches- the church of God and the church of the Devil, the whore of all the Earth. This seems harsh to me but I think it is great to realize how much different the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints really is. We are a faith that is constantly raising the bar and our unique "guidelines" and doctrine are the key to happiness and joy in this life and the next. We are not asked to follow the laws and words that we are so that we feel restricted, these are set forth for us to become like our father in heaven and attain the highest degree of glory both here on earth and in the heavens above.
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What a great comparison. I find comparisons make things easier to understand and I think you have a gift for using them. I hear you using comparisons when you explain principles of exercise to people - like how you body is like a sponge that needs to soak up nutrition after working out. Your spiritual comparisons are equally effective.
I always had a hard time, with my family not being members, saying to them that my church was the only true church. I decided that my favorite way to put it is that almost all churches are good and try to help people be better. Many even have parts of the truth but our church is the only one that has the fullness of the Gospel and all of the truth. A speaker in testimony meeting today was saying that he heard a minister in another church get up one day and say to his congregation, "What we really need in the world today is a prophet." Interesting, huh??
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