Flooding the Earth!

In a speech Elder Bednar, an apostle and leader for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, challenged the faithful members of the church to use social media as a means to reach out in extending the gospel to all the corners of the Earth. This was a great talk and my opinions of it are that social media is a door that opens the gospel to a tremendous amount of people.

Individuals of the world today spend far more time on devices. The world has been made available at a touch of a screen. Knowing that people may spend more time staring at a screen than the outdoors it makes sense that we can reach out to more people if we spend more time in chat rooms. Also are reach is far greater. Imagine the thousands of people that may look at a single blog that you write. The chances of people hearing what you have to say is far greater on social media than it is by walking around the street of your block.

Also my thoughts are that youth who are engaged online, and now how to navigate with ease, are more comfortable online. While this may have it's negativeness, it also means that they will have an easier time sharing the gospel. They will be more confident in approaching a friend. Not to mention that the time that they can write something is never limited. One can easily spread one's thoughts in the middle of the night, and then have it later seen by another.

But it is not only the youth who should be using Social Media, Bednar also encourages the older generations to use it as well. This may mean that they have to learn how to use their computer. Or in the case of my own dad, learn to open up a little trust to the internet. The older generation can't use their age as an excuse not to use social media. After all if us younger generation has to step up and do ancestry, then they can create a Facebook account :P And with the more people online, the more people that will be reached out to.

Again social media is the way to reach out to millions of people. People are constantly online. And as we as faithful members get used to using social media we will have the means to flood the earth with Christ's gospel!