Saturday, September 01, 2012


A CHANGE OF DIRECTION

A friend told me the following which I will put in my own words:

While serving my mission, I learned the background of my mission president, a very unassuming and humble man. I will call him Brother Jones, not his real name. Several years before he had been an inactive member of the Church.

One day while riding in his canopy covered farm tractor, with a cigar in his mouth and a beer at the ready, he saw a car approaching his field, blowing up dust as it got closer. He recognized the vehicle of a good friend that he had known for many years, who also happened to be the stake president.

With little fanfare he asked if Brother Jones would serve as the ward's new Elder's Quorum President. Brother Jones replied, "Like this?" He was pointing to his beer and cigar.

"No," replied the president, tossing away the cigar and beer, "without them."
Amazingly the man gave up his bad habits and indeed became the Elder's Quorum President, later the bishop, the stake president, a regional representative and finally a mission president. We must never unrighteously judge another or let the outside appearance of a person shadow their potential.

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