Merry Christmas everyone!!
It's the best time of the year 🎄🌟
Wow this season has gone
by so fast I can't even believe it! We have been doing our best to bring
in the Christmas Spirit. This week our district put on a little performance
(haha) for all our recent converts of when Samuel the Lamanite prophesied about
Christ's birth. This is all their first Christmas in the church so we wanted to
make it special. We made a huge pot of taco soup and sang carols, it was a lot
of fun.
We have been reading the
Christmas story in Luke 2 with as many members as we can and it has become so
much more meaningful to me. I think of the wonderful example of the shepherds,
who didn't wait but who went with haste to see the precious baby Jesus. Who
then went and made known abroad this exciting event, that our Saviour was born!
I hope we can all follow the example of these humble shepherds and follow the
Saviour & share His light!
Something that has brought
me so much peace this year, especially being away from home is Christmas music.
As I listen to the words, it helps me remember why we celebrate. I feel so
blessed to be able to serve a mission during the Christmas season. Of course I
miss Justin Bieber's Christmas album, driving around with my family looking at
Christmas lights, the Hallmark channel, and endless Christmas get togethers
with crazy family but this is a Christmas I will never forget. It has helped me
realise what really matters and will help me remember that the most memorable
Christmas was spent in the service of my Saviour.
One of the songs that have
really stuck out to me lately is "He Sent His Son":
How could the Father tell
the world of love and tenderness?
He sent his Son, a newborn
babe, with peace and holiness.
How could the Father show
the world the pathway we should go?
He sent his Son to walk
with men on earth, that we may know.
How could the Father tell
the world of sacrifice, of death?
He sent his Son to die for
us and rise with living breath.
What does the Father ask
of us? What do the scriptures say?
Have faith, have hope,
live like his Son, help others on their way.
What does he ask? Live
like his Son.
We are so blessed to know
that we have a Saviour, someone to help us and comfort us through the problems
we face. I know that when we are doing all we can to follow Him we can feel
that comfort and peace. But it only comes when we really try.
I hope we can continue to
feel His light and spirit even after the season is over. President Monson said,
"As we SEEK Christ, as we find Him, as we follow Him, we shall have the
Christmas spirit not just for one fleeting day each year, but as a companion
always."
I hope you all can feel
Christ's love as we celebrate Him this season.
Have a very Merry Christmas!
