My Grandpa Bruce Kelly!!!

The other night I couldn't sleep and was reading through one of my mission journals and wanted to share this...

"My grandpa Bruce Kelly is my hero. He always did random acts of charity, he had a smile that brightened everyone's day, people couldn't help but be attracted to him, he treated everyone with love and spent quality time to truly get to know people... even children.
He served a mission in the southern states and spent a lot of time in the Jacksonville Florida (where I served). Bruce served in the US Navy for 4 years, during world war 2. He was a pilot and flew blimps (lighter-than-air) and patrolled the Tillamook Bay watching for submarines and other threats.
A story about Bruce while he was in the armed forces. One day the general got the whole squadron of troops and lined everyone up in a row, Bruce being one of them, The general said they were going to be doing something that had never been done in the history of man... They were experimenting with air-sea rescue. They needed a volunteer who was willing to risk his life. My Grandpa says that he recalls that moment and he remembers looking down the line of men, who he knew fairly well, and thinking to him self "most of these men have families at home and they don't know about the gospel. It would be better if I were to die then one of them." So Bruce stepped forward, in courage and faith, out of the line of men and volunteered him self. It was a success and since that day millions of air-sea rescues have taken place successfully.
I will always remember Bruce's example. I hope that I can become a man as courageous as my grandpa... Bruce Kelly is my Hero .

We have some big shoes to fill and live up to... All of us with the Kelly/Murdock name are the ones that are carrying on this legacy Bruce left. We bear the Kelly name that Bruce established...

In memory of Bruce Kelly aka "The King of Fun!"

I was reading the New Testament today and I got caught up on the story of the rich young ruler (Luke 18: 18-27) where Jesus states "it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of god!" This was frustrating to me so I researched it further and learned that Jesus used powerful symbolism referring to passing through the "eye of a needle". The eye of a needle is symbolism for the small entrance way into a city, back in the day... I kept researching and found out that for a camel to pass through one of these small entries (the eye of a needle) they would have to strip everything off the camel and the camel would have to get on its knees and crawl through. When I read this it hit me like a brick... In order for a rich man to get into heaven he has to completely strip him self of all worldly things and get on his knees in humility.
The world today is very superficial and majority of peoples energy is focused on material things that are very temporary and worthless in the eyes of God... It's hard for me to always stay focused on things of eternal worth but this scripture really rang true for me and I learned that riches are only bad if you allow them to run your life. I am giving my life some thought and I am going to refocus myself on the things that really matter... Life is short and at the end of the day money doesn't mean a thing.