<point of reference – see my post in the Introduce Yourself section:
New Guy>
So, after my wife and her daughter laughed themselves to tears at breakfast today about “the magic Mormon underwear”, I did get some decent conversation in with her (wife) this morning. We have agreed that she will not poke fun at my spiritual journey if I do the same to her. Fair enough – progress!
She has even been asking me about LDS beliefs, and seems to be in agreement with some of what I have learned regarding our existence before we got “here”, strong belief in family, education, and preparedness. I’m really not sure where she stands with Jesus Christ – she has some pretty whacked out ideas about something called
The Course in Miracles if anyone is familiar with that. But, I digress.
Where do I start? I’ve read through most of the
Book of Mormon, I already have a pretty strong background in the
Holy Bible from my days as a Baptist. I’m about ½ way through
Jesus the Christ. I picked up a copy of
Mormonism for Dummies today (20% off at Borders). I don’t think the Mrs would be ready for the nice young men in ties with nametags to start coming by though, she’d probably flip again.
I have located the local meetinghouse – should I just show up one Sunday? I almost did today but between my cold feet, the little progress I made with my wife this morning, and my bike in pieces in the garage, I made enough excuses to blow it off.
I know y’all are pretty formal. I don’t have a suit except for the one I keep for funerals and court
, I don’t think it fits anymore anyway. Would a shirt, tie, and sweater-vest be OK? What kind of reception will a guy in a beard and middle-of-the-back pony tail get? I have resigned myself to showing up in my pickup instead of the Harley
One of my coworkers says I get away with some of the stuff I do, because “you’re the big scary guy”
Man, I’m nervous – should I just stay here in my den and keep reading and praying? Am I doing this all wrong? I don't know of any LDS folks nearby, I know one guy from college that I think I can track down.
What to do?
Thanks for letting me dump all my hang-ups on ya......