Dear OMM,
I pray that we may someday agree. I have never considered you an enemy. In fact, I really like you (crankiness and all) and consider you a FRiend. I do not wish harshness between us either. Christ is not glorified by insults and harsh words and I seek nothing else but to glorify Him and Him alone.
The reason I keep asking about if you care about someone else’s belief or if missionary work is a duty alone, is because I am actually very curious how you reconcile those two (not caring and the Church view on missionary work).
When I was LDS, I did care what religion people were, that is why I wanted to serve a mission, but I also saw it as a duty. Now, I am even more in love with missionary work than I was then and now it is just a joy.
Missionary work is only work to someone that doesn’t like it. I am happy to be doing it.
I cannot control what other people believe, only what I believe. Not everyone will return home. That is just the way it is.
My best friend is a Presbyterian, sort of. I care about him but I cannot get him into the tank for anything. So I am going to try to outlive him. But I also know that he is a good man who loves the Lord so his chances seem pretty good to me.
My son will be home from his mission on July 3 and I am so looking forward to seeing him. Maybe he will be of some help in my leather shop until he goes to college. It sure would be fun.
I hate nobody but then again, I’m not going to stand by and take a load of crap from the protester minority that thinks their way to heaven is to dish bovine excrement out to LDS people.
My ideal would be to have a cabin by the side of the road and be a friend to all mankind who passed my door. Ain’t gonna happen, but I can dream.