Well said Bex. My mom is a wonderful little person but has some trouble with organized religion due to bad experiences she had growing up - too much hell fire and brimstone. Didn't come off loving to her. She use to tell me she wanted to be blessed now, and not just live for the afterlife, but my stance is you are happier, too, when at peace and connected to our maker. Although in saying that, life is not intended to be easy. It is through trials that we grow... Just playing devil's advocate a bit (not literally..) trying to understand how others see it sometimes or what might keep them from wanting to have what is offered.

I have had a rough past few years...deaths in my family, health issues, betrayals... but I've come through stronger for it after pulling through after the trial of my faith. We are all in different places in our lives with regard to our spiritual growth and may have different areas we are stronger. Then one of the pitfalls when we do live "right" can be self righteousness. I think that can be bad, too in leading to pride and of course, judgmentalness. Pride causes a multitude of sins. Not said for any purpose here except one thought leads to another and I may be a little attention deficit.... I tested once as being a "rapid imaging" thinker at least.

I hadn't thought of it this way before, but interesting that its so important to Honour our Father and Mother that our days may be long on this earth. That goes for our Father in Heaven as well!!!