Posted by:
Just Once
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Date: June 04, 2012 11:14AM
Just talked to a mormon friend about their "Fast & Testimony" meeting yesterday. I asked how they enjoyed it and if anyone gave a particularly interesting testimony.
My mormon friend mentioned the testimony of a member suffering from terminal cancer who has very little time to live. The member's testimony was given in a very weak voice, but she felt it was very poignant.
Among other things, the member said they felt completely at peace about their impending death, because they had "magnified all the callings" they were given.
This story left me wondering, "Why didn't their testimony include anything about the importance their family, the significance of Christ, making an effort to live the "Golden Rule," each may have played in their "peace of mind."
It begged the question, "Why don't more more mormons come to the realization that the ultimate goal of the Mormon Church is that its members place the church, and its wishes, before all else in this life?" Before their own family, before their own best interests and even before Christ, the one who most Christians agree, ultimately decides the quality of their after-life.