I love the initiative of the church during christmas time. I love that they are trying their hardest to stop the ever degrading world. I love seeing how much effort they put into videos and billboards! Its the best use of tithing I could ever think of!
I miss all of my ward members very much. I have been blessed with the greatest ward family I could ask for! Ive felt your prayers everyday of my mission. Im especially grateful for my wonderful family. The gospel blesses families! And Im so grateful that my little Brother, Elder Hodson 2 is in the field with me at the same time. Im more than grateful for my sweet mother. She makes me laugh. She told me before I left "make sure you have everything because Im never sending you a package! Its too expensive!" well. That was a bluff. Ive never been so babied by my mother in my life! haha I love her. She has played such a roll in my life to get me to where I am!
I especially love the Christmas message because it invites us to find out for ourselves why Christ was born. We, as members of Christs restored church, need to help our brothers and sisters to find out for themselves as well why Christ was born!
Jospeh Smith said "Our most important duty is to preach the gospel" and our brothers and sisters need to know the truth about Christ. They need to know that he was born to save us! He wasnt born so that we could live better lives, so we could have better familys and friends, he wasnt born so we could be better neighbors, HE WAS BORN TO SAVE US!!! And that is the purpose of his gospel! His gospel is not to convince us to live better lives, not to help us with our families, not so that we can be members of his church, HIS GOSPEL EXISTS SO THAT WE CAN OBTAIN HIS GRACE IN THE JUDGEMENT DAY!!! Yes, ALL of those things that I listed will come to pass because of Christ and his gospel but they are the added benefits that come when we live the gospel. They are the blessings that we should promise to our friends and family when we share the gospel with them!
Our spiritual brothers and sisters need to know that the largest act of love our father in heaven has given us is the life of his son, but they also need to know the second largest act of love! The Restauration of the Gospel! People need to understand that it is because he LOVES us that he restored the gospel. He wants us back. And without the restauration it would be impossible!
President Klein always makes the same example. Christ resurrected on the 3 day, but that doesnt mean that hes in heaven in his divine hammock! He works and like he said "my father in heaven still works, and I work". If they both still work, why dont we? Why do we, as members of the church, become complacent with the same members? why do we think that just because weve served missions, that we no longer have to share the gospel? We must think for a minute. The work and glory of God is to bring to pass the eternal life of man. We all want to become like our heavenly Father, right? So if that is his goal, THEN THAT MUST BE OUR WORK AND OUR GLORY AS WELL! We cannot have a different vision from our heavenly father and expect to become like him.
I love the Christmas season because I have the chance to teach people about the true meaning and invite them to follow Christ! The angel of the Lord invited the Pastors to follow the star unto christ, and we too can be angels, inviting others to follow christ. That is my prayer, that we can all reach out to those around us, and invite them to drink freely of the waters of life.
Merry Christmas, I love you all!
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