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.
To be closer to god, be closer to people.
To pray is to accept that we are, and always will be, wholly dependent on God for everything.
Prayer is the medium of miracles; in whatever way works for you, pray right now.
Let us ask the Lord for this grace: that our hearts become free and filled with light, so that we can rejoice as children of God.
Like a child exploring the attic of an old house on a rainy day, discovering a trunk full of treasure and then calling all his brothers and sisters to share the find, Richard J. 'Foster has 'found' the spiritual disciplines that the modern world has stored away and forgot, and has excitedly called us to celebrate them. For they are, as he shows us, the instruments of joy, the way into mature Christian spirituality and abundant life.
Vocal prayer . . . must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don't call prayer-however much the lips may move.
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