I know that 'true meaning of Christmas' posts are prevalent this time of year, but I don't care. It's my blog, and I'll get religious if I want to :)
I love Christmas. Almost everything about this season makes me happy. It was especially the case in California when I could go out in 75 degree whether on Christmas day. Unfortunately, here in Utah, I have suffered through awful traffic, poor gas mileage, and the eye-sore of dirty slush everywhere. While the snowy weather is not my idea of a winter wonderland, I have still found many things that put a smile on my face.
Perhaps seeing my little baby have his first Christmas has brought on my reflection on the significance of the season... perhaps it is anticipating my wife open up what I purchased for her this year... but whatever it is, I have really enjoyed the month of December leading up to the celebration of the birth of the most important man that ever lived.
I can only imagine what people thought when they discovered that new star the night he was born. Wise men of the east recognized its significance and travelled a great distance to find the King. Faithful in the west must have felt the mercy of the most high when the sign that they risked their lives to believe in appeared shortly before they were to have been killed... but while people afar recognized what this meant, the majority of people right in the land where Christ was born had no idea. Mary and Joseph were forced to find shelter with beasts of the earth when the King of Kings was delivered. No royal robes adorned the master, and his was not the crib of a monarch, but he was wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger.
In reflection, I would describe all of the good fortune I have enjoyed in my life as blessings from God. I have felt happiness in participating in his church, and pleasure when serving those in his kingdom. I would say that at times of need, God has been near to me. I would hope that I am more like those that risked their lives for the want of starlight in the pages of the Book of Mormon, or like the wise men that would go to any length to see the King of Kings, and not like the innkeeper that could find no room in the inn for the master.
With Jesus Christ in mind, who gave everything for the sons of men... I hope that each of you are met with his peace, happiness, and mercy especially in this Christmas season. Merry Christmas to all!
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gosh Brett, I love how you value that baby of yours...but remember a certain number of saints unknown to them are born homosexual. You say this is evil. Your child could be evil. What a sad curse you have given many unsuspecting active faithful saints...to be evil by no choice of theirs. I think we call this prejudice. You get to share your life, your hopes, your dreams with those you dearly love but would not consider this an equal right for others. I think we call that prejudice. If by some chance your child has same sex attractions remember it was not by choice and it was from nature which is from God. I know that ruins your perfect gospel plan but make sure this child or some other LDS child has a place at the table of Christ. Suicide is what happens when young men and women are told they are evil. They lurk in the shadows until they have no hope because of the judgements of mankind.
Wow, didn't realize I had a comment...
I suppose the point that I cannot overemphasize is that I do not define good and evil. God defines these things. God has declared that gender matters. God has declared that children have a right to a father and a mother, and that marriage is between a man and a woman.
As far as people being born with a tendency to commit certain sins... there are those that would argue pedophiles are born to develop attraction to young children. There are those prone to anger. There are those prone to dishonesty. In the end, a place at the table of Christ is available to those that overcome their sins, their passions, and their desires because of Christ.
Sin does not keep people from God, but unrepented sin most certainly does. A good society promotes repentance rather than embrace sin. A good society would help those that are prone to evil have opportunities to become good rather than to despair and lose hope.
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