Pizza

 For some strange reason I woke up thinking about Pizza this morning. Actually those who know will not find that strange at all. I love pizza and could almost survive on pizza and nothing else without tiring of it.
   Moving on I was thinking of pizza in relation to life with and without the gospel of Jesus Christ. Weird? Let me explain.
   My introduction to pizza was when a young boy back in the 60's (1960's). My mother would buy Juno's Pizza Mix and make our family pizza for dinner. I liked it, it was good....but, steak was better.
   My sister began dating and went to a pizza restaurant. She came home all excited about how delicious pizza was and it was her new favorite food. I thought, "how good can it be?"
It was a few years later before I found out on my own. My best friend, Fotu, began working at Pipes-N-Pizza. A few months later I also was hired on there. It was here I first tasted a real pizza. WOW!!!!!!
   I was hooked!
   This was the best food ever! What's steak?
  Now the comparison. Many people live life without the Gospel of Jesus Christ, namely as it has been restored to the earth and organized as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They get along in life and enjoy life. I have always been a member of the Church but we believe that ever person must come to KNOW for themselves whether it is true or not. This is accomplished through study and prayer. As I read the Book of Mormon for myself and knelt to ask God if it was true, I received a witness by the power of the Holy Ghost that it is true. It changed my life and enhanced my life. I have had the chance to share it with other people and watched how it has changed their lives.
   One can be happy and enjoy life without the gospel/Church, but as God says, true happiness and peace are gifts reserved for those who are faithful followers of Jesus Christ, keeping His commandments, standing as a witness of Him at all times and in all places.
   This is what I have experienced and witnessed in the lives of others.
   Other religions can be of good influence but the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ containing the fulness of His gospel opens up a whole new fulness in life.
   That is why we send out missionaries. We invite others to come and taste it for themselves. There is nothing to fear. Nothing to loose. Only something to gain.
   In our Church we do not try to take others faith away from them...but enhance it, making it brighter and more joyful.
   Try it.