I had the opportunity to go to church on base today since I was down there for UTA. They have it every Sunday of UTA. It is only a half hour and you just sing a couple hymns, partake of the Sacrament and in the case of today have a short time for testimonies since it was the first Sunday of the month.
In months past I have never been able to go since with newcomers and other things we always had stuff scheduled during that time. But today was different so we went.
Even though there are probably hundreds of members of the church down there for UTA weekends I guess other people have conflicts or just decide not to come because there was only about 15 of us there today.
It was a very spiritual meeting even though it was short. The one thing that I really was impressed with was the fact that although about half the people there were pretty high ranking officers, we were all equals for that one half hour. No one out ranked anyone else. Although it is probably good to respect authority, especially in the Military, I think it is nice to remember that we are all brothers and sisters and equal in the eyes of the Lord. I think it will especially help keep thinks in perspective for those in authority.
At least that is what I think.
Sunday, April 05, 2009
No rank in the Gospel
Posted by Potterspot at 8:35 PM
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4 comments:
Well said. We are all Heavenly Father's children and He loves us all so it is good for all of us to realize that.
We all watched General Conference here and all of the messages were so uplifting and inspiring.
Are you still set to leave on the 9th or do you know yet?
That's kind of how I feel in the temple. You don't know which of those people has the BMW parked in the parking lot, because we are all united in working and worshiping.
I was going to echo Amy...in the temple, we really are all equals. That is neat that you got to go. Hopefully you'll get lots of chances to worship with other members while you are away. I imagine that would help with the homesickness.
Wow, I agree with all of those comments. I haven't gone to the temple but I do understand what is being said!! That is a cool way of looking at things.
Also, have you heard of the date for sure yet? I have the truck filled and waiting for the date you say!!
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