A few weeks ago now, I asked for help from our Bishop here of the Uinta View Ward, for my electric bill. He graciously did so, but informed me that would be the last of that for some time. Okay great, I can live with that. My Bishop, has been one of the most helpful and kind of Church leaders I have ever known, seconded by only Bishop Belnap of the Sullivan Creek Ward in Ogden Utah and my supervisor at Deseret Transportation when I worked there.
Now I had a chance to remember and ponder on a history of when I was just a Wolf-Pup, walking home from the 11th Ward Of Layton Utah, when it was, where the Liabrary is now there in Layton. Up Wasatch drive to Hawthorne street to Spurlock Drive. Of course at Primary and such functions you dressed with respect, not always shirt and tie, but that of if you were addressing or meeting the ultimate celebrity, or savior Jesus Christ. In what I was taught and believe that the Church building is one of many houses, but our broth Jesus Christ's house. Girls wore appropriate dresses, with leotards or stocking, styled hair and not 7 inch pointed strip bar style heels. So last Sunday I saw what I feel was the ultimate middle finger gave to the Lord, in his house, which completely undermined the even entirely. This kid that blesses the Bread & Water for Sacrament , had a hair style of African corn rows. How could our Church ward leaders allow that? How could someone ignore the complete utter disrespect of the foundation of what they were doing? It's bad enough that these youth's are reading a scripted blessing, but to do it by a youth with a hair doo of corn rows? The thing is, this type of behavior is allowed by their parents. Shouldn't have someone said, hey , nice doo, but you can't bless the Sacrament with that hair style. Then appointed someone else to do it. How is this allowed? In all but maybe two other Wards, that I have attended, I would have been ordered to go home and get a crew cut, then came back. True the time I got caught making out with Jennifer Savage at the Hazzard Ward, in Hazzard Idaho behind the stage curtain , was bad enough, but my rear end was very red after it and sitting down was no rest as my butt really hurt. That's bad enough, but if your blessing the bread which symbolizes the body of Christ on the Cross as well as the blood that flowed from having spikes driven through your arms and ankles to save this ultimately idiotic civilization from itself, doing so by somebody wearing corn rows , is near blaspheme , if not blaspheme. Absolutely no respect for the ritual or what it really means. I can tell you, if one of the Church's General Authorities had been there, I can nearly gurantee you, not only our Bishop but a few others might have had a long conversation with those General Authorities. However this is do as I say not as I do. Let me give you a quick review of a situation that occured when I went to a Ward, in Springville Utah, when Janice and I were still married.
Just about everyone was snickering that I was wearing just a casual shirt and jeans and sneakers to church. (I'll tell you why in a few centons) Janice wore a nice enough dress. However while they were snickering and criticizing us, this one gal, came in, with a ultra short skirt, tall heels and no panties. When she sat down or crossed her legs, you could see the very hairy nether regions, but hey they were laughing at us? There are two reasons, I seldom wear a suit and tie to Church. First is going to a denomination for a time, that did not care what you wore. Their main focus was Jesus Christ and sharing of his love for all mankind. To them it wasn't and isn't a fashion show or a popularity contest. Only that you love Heavenly Father. The other reason, I seldom wear anything super spiffy, is that I'm in the tow business. I'm on call 24-7-365 even Sunday during church. I'll get at least 3 calls. I really don't have time to scatter to the house, change, get to LexiBelle, and respond to a call, I usially though defer the call to one of my associates, but should I be needed , I go.
Now there are certain traditions of the faith that I'm glad the LDS Church has terminated. Polygamy is one, racism, ( and our Bishop gripes about my Confederate heritage) the LDS Church was for many years very racist. African-Americans or anyone of none white males could not hold any part of the Priesthood. Then all of a sudden during the administration of Spencer W Kimball, a revalation came and it was allowed. In reality the situation was a big old Black guy had gone through all the steps, but wasn't allowed to hold the Priesthood. He threatened in fact did in fact sue the LDS Church for descrimination, and rather than fight it, a wave of new foreigners were allowed to escalate through the Priesthood.
My question is, when will our church or religious denomination, once again become the one true religion of Christ, and not just a regional cult?
Don't get me wrong , I truly believe in our gospel, every big and small word. I know that there is power from on high through a blessing, the fact that I still am amongst the living after a herracious wreck at age 16, is the result of the efforts of the two missionaries assigned to the Hazzard Idaho Ward going to Boise to St. Als Hospital and laying on of hands bringing me back. I saw it through above me and watched me being dragged back from the light. This is not some strange goofball me story, it happened. Don't believe me? Go check out news stories and newsprint stories of 1975 there in Boise. My little daredevil ride was reported on quite much.
But I ask, when will we get our Church back? When will the decorum and reverence of what we are or were taught as children, in Primary and all be resurrected? When will our Church leaders, including Bishops, require girls and young women to wear proper attire to Church and Church functions? Including sockings over the legs, proper length dresses, and men to at least dress with respect. Likewise have it be required that a person blessing the SAcrament, not be with a hair style of corn rows?
Will be on air starting at noon today on www.livestream.com/hazzardayrecoast2coastfm . As well as over the air here at AM1240 KKOD.
TTYLY
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