I’ve been an LDS member for over 25 years now, Jeff. I appreciate your witness of Jesus Christ which I share.
Thank you...it was freely and sincerely given.
Your handle remnds me of an experience I had on Normandy beach about six years ago when I went over there to pick up one of my sons who had just finished his mission.
We went to Nomandy Beach on the day before we flew home. I had an uncle who was killed in the air over Belgium in World War II and at the end of seeing his mission, we wanted to see Normandy.
While there a French man approached me and asked if we were Americans. I said, yes, we were and were grateful for the way that so many French people were a part of and employed in taking such marvelous care of the memorial there.
He thanked me and then said what he really wanted to ask me was if I was glad Bush’s term was almost up and wouldn’t we be glad that he, as a war monger, would soon be gone.
I stopped for a moment and it got quiet as I gathered my thoughts and controlled my emotions. I finally told him that he would not agree with my answer, and that it would be contentious, and that my son and I had come there to honor the dead Americans buried there by the tens of thousands...who died freeing his country from abject tyranny, and that I didn’t really care to talk politics with him.
He apologized, and said he understood.
As he left, I indicated to him to reflect on something... that perhaps, just perhaps, sixty years from now two people like he and I may meet over in Iraq where Americans once again were dying to help free people from another brutal tyrant and be standing at another such memorial to American sacrifice in blood for other people’s fredom. With that, I bid him Adieu.
God’s speed and blessing to you and yours. I pray we can help restore our nation to the fundamental moral and constitutional principles upon which it was founded and hope we’ll see a huge step in that direction here in November.
America at the Crossroads of History
http://www.jeffhead.com/crossroads.htm
Why can't you guys EVER say something about MORMONism?
You don't have to worry about ANYONE ever guessing you belong to the MORMONs; iff'n ya never say "I've been a member for X n umber of years."
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Office of First President & Living Prophet November 1st, 2011 The message for this month is -
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