May we all make the journey to Bethlehem in spirit, taking with us a tender caring heart as our gift to the Savior.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of compassion and love in our spiritual journey.
In this quote, Thomas S. Monson encourages individuals to embark on a spiritual journey inspired by the values represented by Bethlehem, symbolizing humility and care. He highlights the significance of bringing kindness and a nurturing heart as offerings to the Savior, suggesting that true spirituality is reflected in our love and compassion towards others.
In practice
This quote can be used during a holiday gathering to inspire kindness among family and friends.
Mortality is a period of testing, a time to prove ourselves worthy to return to the presence of our Heavenly Father. In order for us to be tested, we must face challenges and difficulties. These can break us, and the surface of our souls may crack and crumble-that is, if our foundations of faith, our testimonies of truth are not deeply embedded within us.
We are never alone when we stand with our Father in Heaven.
Things which provide deep and lasting happiness and gratitude are the things which money cannot buy: our families, the gospel, good friends, our health, our abilities, the love we receive from those around us.
The face of sin today often wears the mask of tolerance. Do not be deceived; behind that facade is heartache, unhappiness and pain. .. YOU be the one to make a stand for right, even if you stand alone. Have the moral courage to be a light for others to follow.
Gracias, danke, merci - whatever language is spoken, "thank you" frequently expressed will cheer your spirit, broaden your friendships, and lift your lives to a higher pathway as you journey toward perfection. There is a simplicity - even a sincerity - when "thank you" is spoken.
No member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who has canned peas, topped beets, hauled hay, shoveled coal, or helped in any way to serve others ever forgets or regrets the experience of helping provide for those in need.
How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.
We should fix ourselves firmly in the presence of God by conversing all the time with Him...we should feed our soul with a lofty conception of God and from that derive great joy in being his. We should put life in our faith. We should give ourselves utterly to God in pure abandonment, in temporal and spiritual matters alike, and find contentment in the doing of His will,whether he takes us through sufferings or consolations.
Prayer turns ordinary mortals into men of power. It brings power. It brings fire. It brings rain. It brings life. It brings God.
The inattentive, slovenly way we drift into the presence of God is an indication that we are not bothering to think about Him. Whenever our Lord spoke of prayer, He said, "Ask." It is impossible to ask if you do not concentrate.
[Our] first and foremost duty [is] to seek the Lord until we open the path of communication from God to our own soul.
There is no need to get to a place of prayer; pray wherever you are.
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