Joining the LDS Church can be like learning another
language. There were so many unfamiliar terms that I had to make sense of. Even
the structure of the church itself was a task. No, not the physical structure,
but how everything functions.
We have a living day prophet President Monson, who helps us
to guide the church and his apostles. Then it trickles all the way down to our
bishop, who we have a personal relationship with and is in a sense the leader
of our ward. Your ward is the church that you attend, with the people that are
living in the same designated geographical location as you. See where I am
going with this? It isn’t that easy to have a conversation with someone who
isn’t a member, without jumping into unfamiliar verbiage.
My youngest sister was visiting for the first time earlier
this year. Throughout the week I must have mentioned FHE (Family home evening)
and until the day before she left, she thought I was saying FAG. Major mix-up
there! All along she was questioning why in the heck we would name something
that.
There are times when I am conversing with my family, telling
them about my week, and some church activity is involved. The first major
things that come to mind are the day I received my Patriarchal Blessing or when
I was assigned a new calling. Often, I type up a short paragraph explaining the
said term and send it out to my wonderful fam. I wonder if that ever really
helps. Mom, Dad, does it?
The thing about it is, all the programs this church has, and
the way it is set up, is inspired of God. I love everything about it. It truly
is His church here on earth. In a week, we are so lucky to be able to hear
inspired messages from Heavenly Father, spoken through our prophet and his
apostles. General conference is twice a year, it is amazing how every single
person is able to listen and receive personal guidance.
Stay tuned, April 6th and 7th, 2013.
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