Open Minds

So yesterday my uncle joined this anti-LDS group on facebook. (I didn't realize what it was until I checked it out)I started reading some of the updates that they had put and the comments about them and I felt really discouraged. I feel frustrated because 1)they totally took things out of context 2)they read LDS literature just to find things wrong with it. And then I wondered how often do I do the same thing. If we could all read other people's ideas with open minds and with the intent to understand and get all you can out of it, how better the world would be. I just finished this book by Christian authors that was awesome. I loved it and it has changed my life because I allowed it to. I didn't agree with everything that was in the book, but there was a lot of good in the book! And I guess that I just wish that other people would give me that same courtesy.

Now I realize why most people don't have open minds when they read LDS literature, mostly because if they open their hearts then they will have to act on it. And acting on it is way harder than just criticizing it. Living a life where you are "saved by grace" and all you have to do is "believe in Christ" is a lot easier than having to work your hardest everyday to become better and still realize that it is not enough and trusting Christ will make up the rest.

Last of all (now this part might not seem connected...) I believe that missionary work is good and important, but I believe that loving people and creating relationships with people is more important. When you have a relationship with a person and know where they are coming from then you can share the gospel with them...but maybe that is more difficult because rejection is far more scary at that point. If we really saught to understand people though then maybe they would be more open to what we have.