The Big Picture of Small Contributions

In today's Elder's Quorum lesson, one elder raised the question of how we can see the "big picture" or the mission of the church while they focus on their individual assignments. It is easy for members of the church to focus on our specific tasks and lose sight of how we are all working together to build up the kingdom of God. Unfortunately, no one had a satisfactory answer to the elder's concern, but another mentioned that every task we have in he church helps somebody, and all those "somebodies" we help in small and simple ways are part of the kingdom of God. For example, when we bare our testimonies, everyone who hears us is strengthened by our witness, and if any of those people are members of the church, then that helps strengthen the church. I agree that it is difficult to see how our small contributions help at all. After all, we are each but one person, and one person can only do so much. But if many people act together with a common goal, their efforts can combine to great effect. As one last example, my blog posts probably only reach a few handfuls of people, but I'm not the only member who posts spiritual things on Facebook, and as we share positive messages with each other and our other friends, we can have a strong, positive impact on those around us. Each individual can only touch so many hearts, but if we all do what we can, together, we can accomplish much more than any one could do alone.