Sunday, April 5, 2009

paraphrase of 'a pilot'

One of the brother's in my ward is a pilot. I heard him relate this story once:
'On one of my flights I had an interesting co-pilot. He soon asked where I was from and upon discovering that I was from Salt Lake got a knowing smile. Without waiting for us to reach cruising altitude he turned to me full on and starte listing what "Mormons" believed. I could see that he was going to start a 'bible-bash' and I did not want to fight. And these words came out of my mouth, "there won't be Mormons in heaven." A very surprised look came over his face for obvious reasons. I continued, "There won't be Mormons, Jews, Muslims, Baptists, Presbyterians, or Catholics. There will only be people who live God. All of these are organizations that are all about building our relationship with God." Though the mechanics ARE important they being the means to an end. And that end is all about Love. Love between God and myself. Love for others. And from there flows all the ordinances and doctrines. I then had a wonderful flight talking about the relationships that we had built with God." -paraphrase of 'a pilot'

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