{"id":6033,"date":"2013-03-11T16:50:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T16:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brucebarton.com\/journey\/?p=6033"},"modified":"2013-03-11T16:54:55","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T16:54:55","slug":"thoughts-2013-03-11-a-mile-in-my-shoes-pb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brucebarton.com\/journey\/uncategorized\/thoughts-2013-03-11-a-mile-in-my-shoes-pb","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts 2013.03.11 A Mile in My Shoes PB"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Past Timeless Thoughts<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

A Mile In My Shoes<\/h2>\n

There is a great story about Elder Delbert L. Stapley in the May, 1990 New Era.\u00a0 As a young man Elder Stapley was called to the Southern States Mission.\u00a0 His mission president, Charles A. Callis, told Elder Stapley they would catch a train together that would take the new missionary to his area.\"\"<\/a>\u201cThe train stopped in a very small community and the bags were unloaded. They were transferred to a buggy. There was only room for two riders, the driver and one passenger. President Callis climbed up on the seat beside the driver and asked Elder Stapley to follow on foot.<\/p>\n

The horse and buggy kicked up the dust as Elder Stapley walked along behind. He said he began to resent his new mission president. The farther he walked and the more the dust was raised, the more he came to dislike his mission president. He felt he was losing respect for this leader.<\/p>\n

After he had walked a mile, however, the president had the driver stop. Then President Callis traded places with Elder Stapley and he walked for two <\/em>miles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew to love him more with every step,\u201d Elder Stapley recalled. \u201cI thought he was about the greatest man who had lived.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dallin H. Oaks has said: \u201cWe should, if possible, refrain from judging until we have adequate knowledge of the facts. \u2026.We do not need to judge nearly so much as we think we do. This is the age of snap judgments. \u2026 [We need] the courage to say, \u2018I don\u2019t know. I am waiting further evidence. I must hear both sides of the question.\u2019 \u2026.this suspended judgment is the supreme form of charity.\u201d\u00a0 Elder Oaks then makes the comment: \u201cYou cannot slice cheese so fine that it doesn\u2019t have two sides.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0(\u201cJudge Not and Judging,\u201d Ensign<\/em>, Aug. 1999 p. 7-12.)<\/p>\n

~ Sister Pat Barton<\/p>\n

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Alma 41:14<\/strong> \u201cTherefore, my son, see that you are merciful unto your brethren; deal justly, judge righteously, and do good continually; and if ye do all these things then shall ye receive your reward; yea, ye shall have mercy restored unto you again; ye shall have justice restored unto you again; ye shall have a righteous judgment restored unto you again; and ye shall have good rewarded unto you again.\u201d<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0D&C 11:12<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201c<\/em>And now, verily, verily, I say unto thee, put your trust in that Spirit which leadeth to do good-yea, to do justly, to walk humbly, to judge righteously; and this is my Spirit.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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