Christmas Devotional

It's a tradition...and a wonderful way to start off the Christmas Season.  Attending the First Presidency's Christmas Devotional is one of our family's favorite ways to spend a little time together each December.  We drove to Salt Lake with Whitney and met Jessica and Jordan at the Conference Center for the devotional.  The Tabernacle Choir sounds so amazing in that building!  The messages delivered by our church's leaders was a perfect reminder of the reason we celebrate this time of the year.

I especially loved Pres. Uchtdorf's talk!  He started off by quoting the Grinch from Dr. Seuss's book, "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas."  He then said that if we look for what is wrong with Christmas, we will certainly find it.  But if we look for the good, we can see Christmas with new eyes...perhaps even with the eyes of a child.  He suggested three ways that we can focus our celebration of Christmas this year. 

1. Rejoice in the birth of our Savior.
2. Ponder His influence in our lives today.
3. Look steadfastly for his coming.

He ended his talk by saying that maybe if we focus our celebrations this Christmas Season on the things he suggested, then maybe we will be able to say with the Grinch, "Maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store.  Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more."