So in my latest scripture studies and Facebook gallivanting, I have come to notice an interesting observation about the media... people seem to "Like" babies more than they "Like" the scriptures. I can understand why 40+ people can "Like" a picture of my daughter, I mean she is pretty darn cute...
But, I am more surprised that an inspirational scripture does not hold the same weight with maybe 12 "Likes" on average on my profile. Now, this isn't a popularity contest of seeking out "Likes" but it got me thinking on what media grabs people's attention. I'm sure there's more science to it, or maybe I'm thinking about it too much, but it gets me thinking, "How often do I see a long 'scriptural post' and I skip over it because maybe I'm too lazy to read it?"
I hope to not only #sharegoodness by posting cute pictures of my daughter, Charlotte, but to #sharegoodness by sharing quotes, scriptures, videos, that seek to build the Kingdom of God.
Do we "Like" the scriptures? I hope so... and I hope we can be like King Benjamin in our efforts.
He may have used actual words rather than "posts" or "tweets" about the good word, but he knows the fruits of our efforts can bring the Spirit and yield amazing results with God's children:
"we know of their surety and truth, because of the Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent, which has wrought a mighty change in us, or in our hearts . . . "
I've always loved the scripture that says something about " by small and simple things do great things come to pass " I always think of my 4 kids as preemies and how cool that would be to have their preemie pictures and their pictures as adults to show that great things have come to pass ,
ReplyDeleteGreat post Chad !