Thursday, May 15, 2014

Week 4: A Positive Aspect of Social Media


Sharing the Gospel is the responsibility and privilege of every member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I love doing it because it creates such a fantastic sense of satisfaction and reminds me of how blessed I am for having the Gospel in my life. However, it is not the easiest thing for everyone to do. There are times when even I do not seize an opportunity to discus with someone the love that Heavenly Father has for them (or some other aspect of the doctrine of Christ). Luckily, the Lord wants to give all of us the blessings that come from being a member missionary. He has given us social media, such as Facebook or blogs (or a whole number of things, for that matter) to digitally share our testimonies and messages of the LDS faith. When I first heard of this, I was very skeptical because I believed that nothing could compare with the experience of a face-to-face conversation. Or, at least, nothing could have as big of an impact as a personal, physical discussion. But, from what I have observed and heard, social media is making leaps and bounds with sharing the gospel across the world. It is a great medium that offers so many tools and makes the conversation more convenient and multi-faceted. I have even heard stories of some people that received the missionary discussion through Skype, and then were converted to the Gospel. Needless to say, Heavenly Father’s timing of introducing the technology to do these sorts of things is impeccable. The world received these things at the perfect time. Well, I suppose that I should use this to my advantage and magnify my responsibility as a member missionary!

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