Acting With Christian Courage

This past week I was blessed with an opportunity to act with Christian Courage. One morning I was downstairs getting ready for my economics class when my sister, Kimberlee, came into the bathroom and told me that she needed help with something. Thinking that it had to do with our faulty printer, I followed her upstairs without asking questions. Upon reaching the office I was surprised to learn that it was not a technical problem, but rather a spiritual problem.

While my sister was on Facebook, an aquaintance that she had met on a recent cruise had begun to instant message her. Her aquaintance, who lived in an obscure European country, started to question her about what 'LDS' meant on her profile. When Kim explained that she belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and that we were sometimes called Mormons, the girl began to harrass her with rude questions and proclaim that she had heard all about us. She said that her father, who was a Baptist preacher, told her that the Mormons didn't believe in Christ the same way that we did and that we weren't a Christian sect. (She also twisted a few other common Mormon stereotypes that I won't go into). As I sat down at the keyboard to answer her questions, I felt a spirit of peace come over me and I knew exactly what to say.

Although it's not like I converted her, I know that by calmly and politely answering her questions I may have overcome a few of her misconceptions regarding the Gospel. I'm grateful for the Spirit in my life and for the fact that it helped me to act with Christian Courage.