What all of us long for in our hearts, at Christmastime and always, is to feel bound together in love with the sweet assurance that it can last forever.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the universal desire for enduring love and connection, particularly during the holiday season.
Henry B. Eyring's quote reflects on the deep yearning people have for lasting love and togetherness, especially highlighted during the warmth of Christmastime. It suggests that love provides a sense of security and unity, reminding us that such bonds are what truly enrich our lives and give it meaning.
In practice
During a Christmas gathering, I shared this quote to highlight the importance of love in our family celebrations.
My point is to urge you to find ways to recognize and remember Godβs kindness. It will build our testimonies. You may not keep a journal. You may not share whatever record you keep with those you love and serve. But you and they will be blessed as you remember what the Lord has done.
Increased spiritual strength is a gift from God which He can give when we push in His service to our limits. Through the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, our natures can be changed. Then our power to carry burdens can be increased more than enough to compensate for the increased service we will be asked to give.
Whether or not you choose to keep your covenant to always remember Him, He always remembers you.
We cannot control what others choose to do, and so we cannot force our children to heaven, but we can determine what we will do. And we can decide that we will do all we can to bring down the powers of heaven into that family we want so much to have forever.
It is serving God and others persistently with full heart and soul that turns testimony of truth into unbreakable spiritual strength.
It is hard to know when we have done enough for the Atonement to change our natures and so qualify us for eternal life. And we don't know how many days we will have to give the service necessary for that mighty change to come. But we know that we will have days enough if only we don't waste them.
It is not so essential to think much as to love much.
The whole idea is to look at the television camera and present as much love as you possibly could to a person who might feel that he or she needs it.
Drifting off to sleep, I thought about her. How nobody is perfect. How you just have to close your eyes and breathe out and let the puzzle of the human heart be what it is.
You don't have to prove to me you're beautiful to strangers, I've got loving eyes of my own.
Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.
To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.
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