Brothers

I really enjoyed the forum yesterday. These two friends, one an Evangelical Christian, the other a Latter Day Saint, spoke to us about the importance of respect and love for one another and our faiths. They said if you really want to know about a group of people, you need to talk to someone who is truly faithful to their religion, you’ve got to compare the best of your beliefs with the best of theirs. And you’ve got to leave room for holy envy – respect and admiration for particles of their faith.

One idea that really stuck out to me was that we all seem to have so much to say, yet we listen very little. It’s so easy to put aside another person and their beliefs; it is hard to listen, to learn and to really love the people we know. Every person around us, Jew or Gentile, is a child of God. God inspires all sorts of people to help build his Kingdom. If this is all true, wouldn't Heavenly Father be working through my Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, Christian, Jewish, etc brothers and sisters?