Advent 2

At Christmas we celebrate much more than the birth of a baby - we celebrate who that child already was, and what he would yet become. Christmas is a time of looking - to the past, with its glimpses of premortal glory, and to the future, with its promise of eternity.

"For behold, the time cometh and is not far distant, that with power, the Lord Omnipotent who reigneth, who was, and is from all eternity to all eternity, shall come down from heaven among the children of men, and shall dwell in a tabernacle of clay, and shall go forth amongst men, working might miracles.

"And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning: and his mother shall be called Mary.

"And lo, he cometh unto his own, that salvation might come unto the children of men even through faith on his name; and even after all this they shall consider him a man, and say that he hath a devil, and shall scourge him, and shall crucify him.

"And he shall rise the third day from the dead; and behold, he standeth to judge the world" (Mosiah 3:5, 8-10).

As you decorate for Christmas, choose or make a decoration that will remind you of the Savior and his mission.

"I Believe in Christ"