I love chocolate- I could share chocolate with anyone or everyone. I would love to tell anybody about how much I love chocolate. Chocolate makes me happy:) The gospel makes me happy too. Why is it so hard to share the gospel with others? There are so many that I would love to share the gospel with, but I am afraid to. My daughter taught me a lesson today that humbled me a bit. She has been asking for weeks now if she could invite a friend to go to church with us. I kept putting her off and telling her we will do it next time, because I figured I already knew the answer would be no. Finally, Josh overhearing our conversation told me to just let her go and ask. Before she left she asked me what would happen if her friend said no-and I told her it's better to have asked and have her say no 100 different times than to not ask and miss the 1 chance of her possibly saying yes. She then fearlessly ventured over to her friends and asked. The answer was no, but it didn't seem to bother her much and I'm sure she'll want to ask again soon. Why is it so easy for me to give her that advice, but yet it is so hard for me to do it myself?
"Becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love" Mosiah 3:19. Our desire and fearlessness should be that of a little child to share the gospel with our friends. We shouldn't be scared of a "NO". We shouldn't give up on friends, just because we think we already know the answer. We should take every opportunity we get to share through our example, through our daily comments, and through invitation to attend meetings or activities. We should share what brings us true happiness and joy- The Gospel (which means btw "good news", who wouldn't want to hear good news?!)
Because I love to write- I've decided I want to use my blog as a way to share the two things I love most....my family and the gospel.
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