A Mormon Experience

While walking home from work yesterday, and singing the song “How Great is Our God” I was stopped by two Mormon missionaries. Elder Tucker from Arizona, and Elder Higgins from Utah (both are left handed). The irony about my little encounter with them yesterday was that the place at which we stopped to talk to each other was just about the exact same place that I met Mormon missionaries for the first time ever (which was only last semester). My first two Mormon missionary friends were Elder White (from Jamaica) and Elder Arguile (from Utah) who I was so excited to have met and to have come over to the apartment for conversation. Before they came, I had spent all day in prayer asking God to reveal to them the fullness of His Son, and was more than ready to contribute to that revelation in whatever way I could. But when they came, it was very clear that they also had an agenda. Thus we had a battle of agendas.

After my first meeting with Elders White and Arguile, I met with two other eager couples who were more than ready to convert me (and I them). But after the last couple, I knew that I wasn’t getting anywhere and decided to just chill for awhile and not meet with any of them. I needed to hear from God on how I should further communicate.

Not until yesterday, do I believe I heard from the Lord.

When Elder Tucker asked me if I had ever met some missionaries like them before, my answer was yes. He said that he didn’t believe it was irony that they had met me (he believed rightly), especially, since both of them are naturally non-confrontational and shy people (meaning they hadn’t had much luck talking to people). While he was telling me about everything they had been doing, my heart was moved with compassion to pray for them.

Before we said our goodbyes I asked if they would allow me to pray for/with them and they gladly accepted. Rather than praying that Christ would show them the truth, and wipe away all error from their lives, I simply prayed that He would bless, protect, and reveal to them every day the greatness of His love. I prayed the love of the Father and Son over their lives. I prayed that the revelation of God’s love would be so great upon their lives that they would be ruined for everything else. I prayed in love. And as I prayed in love I felt the Lord tell me that “this is right.”

Love will travel places where the intellect may not be able to go. Love is the better way to showing people who Jesus really is.