"Christmas is a Miracle" - Letter, December 29, 2014

I had an excellent Christmas!!!!!  I love Christmas for a lot of reasons.  But mostly because of Christ!  I love the song of the Little Drummer Boy.  He only has a little song on his drum to play, but that is the gift he gives.  He does not walk away, sorrowing because he is lacking, nor does he try to give something he doesn't have.  He just gives what he has.  So, while I have been thinking about Christmas this year, and the coming year, and all of my soon-to-be adventures, I have been thinking about the gifts I will give to my Lord.  I have lots of gifts that I want to give, but mostly, I want to give Him my will.  I want to give him my heart, more fully, broken and contrite.  I want to spend my time helping others know Him.  I want to spend time with my family, and to be an example to them, and to pay attention to the examples they are to me.  I want to be a person who has the light of Christ with them, bright enough for others to see.  And I want to do that in a lots of different ways.  I haven't quite figured that out yet though....hahahahaha

My favorite verse about Christmas comes from the middle of the Book of Mormon.  It's Alma 19:13.  I love it because when King Lamoni wakes from his Spirit Nap, for lack of a better term, he wakes and says nothing more than how he knows he's so blessed because he got to see the birth of his Savior in a dream, and he knows that we are saved through Him.  I LOVE that!!!!  I love how simple it is, and it reminds me of how Christmas is simple.  Christ is the Gift we were given, and when we focus on that Gift, nothing can overcome us.  It's so awesome!!!!

I got to spend Christmas with my bishop, and then another sister in the ward.  I was so blessed Christmas morning, because while we were with Bishop Evans, and his wife, and the elders, we got to be home for a little while.  It meant a lot to me.  It was a tender mercy.  I love having a home and family away from home and family.  That's what this Gospel is all about.  :D  

I love each of you.  May the joy of Christmas keep in your hearts.  And as that joy is in your heart, think on what gift you can give Him this coming year!  

Love,

Sister Worthen