This week was fairly
uneventful, but one thing our investigator family, the Mabbuns
told us, made the week awesome. They told us that before they
met the missionaries and before they were taught the gospel,
they were like a withering plant. They were dying a lot more
than they were growing. But they said that since they accepted
us and the gospel into their lives, they have been nourished and
have grown. Not only have they grown, but they have become
strong. They have been "nourished by the good word of
God."
President Erying said:
The Savior taught
Peter and His other Apostles and disciples why and how they
were to nourish others. You remember that in the Bible account
He fed them before He taught them. He had been crucified and
then resurrected. His servants had gone to Galilee. They had
fished through the night, catching nothing. When they drew
near to shore, in the dawn, they did not at first recognize
Him. He called out to them, telling them where to cast their
nets, and when they did the nets were filled. They rushed to
greet Him on the shore.
They found a fire of
coals with fish cooking and bread. I have often wondered, as
you may have done, who laid the fire, who caught the fish, and
who cooked the meal, but it was the Master who prepared His
disciples to be fed more than fish and bread. He let them eat
first. And then He taught them of spiritual feeding. And He
gave a commandment to them which still stands for each of
us.
“So when they had
dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest
thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou
knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs”
(John 21:15).
I hope that we can all
find ways to nourish others with the gospel, to strengthen them,
and to help them come unto Christ.
" But
if
ye
will
nourish
the
word,
yea,
nourish
the
tree
as
it
beginneth
to
grow,
by
your
faith
with
great
diligence,
and
with
patience
,
looking
forward
to
the
fruit
thereof,
it
shall
take
root;
and
behold
it
shall
be
a
tree
springing
up
unto
everlasting
life."
Alma 32:41
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