‘EVERY
MEMBER A MISSIONARY’
Two men once sat
in an airplane. They began to talk, and the one asked the other what he did for
a living. The second man explained that he was a Mormon missionary The first
man commented that he didn’t have much use for missionaries or others who went
around trying to get people to change their minds.
The missionary
stated that the other man was also a missionary The man emphatically denied it,
and asked how could the missionary say such a thing. The missionary replied
that everything he did and said influenced others in one way or another, so he
was a missionary for his way of life.
Many members of
the church have said that they would do anything they were called to do in the
Church except they could not be a missionary How many of us have said or felt
that way? Our response must always be, “But you are a missionary”
Those who keep
high moral standards, treat the members of their families and their neighbors
according to the gospel of Jesus Christ, pay a full tithing, obey the word of
wisdom, attend their meetings, and read the scriptures regularly are all
missionaries. Obviously, those who do not do these things are also
missionaries.
We must
understand that life is one great full-time mission with people constantly
watching how we act, how we think, and what we do. In simple terms, a mission
is living with a purpose --be it for good or for bad.
President
McKay stated, “Every member a missionary” That statement holds as true today as
it did when he said it. We are all missionaries! It is not a question of
whether or not we want to be missionaries. That has been decided. The only
question is: “What kind of missionaries will we be?”
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