Contributed by Richard Smith
Member of LovedByHer.com
I grew up in Utah and was raised a Mormon. Somewhere in my adult life I lost contact with “the church” but never lost touch with some of the Mormon teachings. I believe that family is the most important thing in ones life (no success outside of the home can compensate for a failure within the home), I believe that fasting for two meals (once a month) is good for the body, I believe that not smoking and not drinking alchohol is prudent health advise. I also believe that showing thanks to a higher power acknowledges our fraility as humans and helps us be better people.
But, I could never accept that there was only one true prophet and he coincidently lived in SLC or that one most follow the “Bishop” because he is the emissary of God. Because of that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and myself parted ways many, many years ago.
However, recently the church teachings came back to me while visiting the Ukraine and no I wasn’t visited by two young men riding bicycles and wearing white shirts.
What I did notice is that despite a high unemployment rate, high alchoholism (by men) and poor living conditions that many Ukraine women worked very hard to put family first. I saw women that never prayed (under the Soviet rule) bow and thank God for the little that they had. I saw children take a piece of wood and using their imagination play for hours or spend days sliding down a snow covered hill surrounded by trash and filth. I saw families split a meager dinner and share with unexpected company and I met some of the most Christ like athesist the world has ever produced.
Because I was there to meet the love of my life I met many many women. But what I remember most was the children. They would come and try out their school taught English one at a time. Like all ESL/ELL (English as a Second Language/English Language Learners) they had diffulculty applying their school taught English to real world settings. But what these children did bring was a smile, a hand shake and Christ like qualities.
So isn’t it ironic that the most Christ like people I know come from a country where religion was discouraged? That the best Mormons I have ever known in following the teachings of Joseph Smith (Word of Wisdom, Family First) never heard of the man?
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