Share the Gospel

By Sister Amalia Malidadi

Area Organization Advisor

Just as we are anxious to share a delicious new recipe with our family, so we are anxious to share the delicious taste of the gospel with others.

I once went to a party that had very good food. I remember wishing my family were there to taste the same food. Unfortunately, they were not, but I took the recipes and tried to make some of the dishes at home. This is what happens naturally when you eat something good. As a child, I remember breaking a candy into small pieces so that I could share with my friends. It is not enough to tell people that the candy in my mouth is so sweet. People would never understand how good and sweet it is unless they have also eaten the same candy.

This is like sharing the gospel. If we are really enjoying it, if it is that sweet, then the taste says: “Share it!” Won’t it be good for all our family to experience the taste? Don’t we want the recipe so that we can make the same dish at home for our family? And the question is, who is our family? Our nuclear family, our extended family, our neighbors, our classmates/colleagues? After all the time we spend with them, the whole community! After all, we are all children of the same Father. If we are all children of God, then we are all a big family.

To share the gospel naturally, we need to love, share, and invite. If we demonstrate real and true love to those around us, it will be easy to share, and once we share, the same power of love will help them accept our invitation. How happy we will feel to be around those we know when we get to the celestial kingdom.

How I share the gospel in the simplest ways:

I share the gospel by living it. Action speaks louder than words. Sometimes we don’t have to approach people and proselyte like full-time missionaries, but we can just show it in our everyday lives. Most times, we are the only scriptures people will ever read.

I share the gospel by teaching my family. By making sure I hold a Monday family home evening every week and by having family prayers and reading scriptures every day, I help my children grow in the gospel. The light in them will attract many friends, classmates, and teachers and help them want to know where that light comes from.

I visit the temple regularly, once per year given the distance and costs (48-hour drive). I can share the gospel to those on both sides of the veil, and the temple helps me do that.

I post my favorite scriptural verses, memes, and updates on my missionary daughter on WhatsApp. Once I was asked to show the source, and that was an opportunity for me to offer the person a copy of the Book of Mormon.

I share my testimony whenever I have an opportunity to do so. I share it with anyone, from anywhere, as long as they give me that opportunity.

I know He lives!