"At this Christmas time of
year, we rejoice in the birth of Jesus Christ, the Light
of the World, who has invited us all to come unto Him and into the light. We
can read in the scriptures of the men and women who were blessed to literally
come to Him at the time of the Nativity. Some came from afar, while others were
closer by. Some received angelic visitations, and others acted on personal
revelation. But each accepted the invitation to come to Him.”
“Our journey to Him isn’t
physical; it is spiritual and behavioral. It involves accepting and embracing
the fact that His Atonement is infinite and covers every aspect of our
lives—our sin, weakness, pain, sickness, and infirmity. It means that we can
let go of those things that hold us down in the gloomy fog … and live instead
in the warmth and love of the Light of the World. As President Henry B. Eyring, First
Counselor in the First Presidency, has taught: ‘The words ‘come unto Christ’
are an invitation. It is the most important invitation you could ever offer to
another person. It is the most important invitation anyone could accept.’”
-Elder Patrick Kearon
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