Presidency Message-

    More than 700 years before his birth, Isaiah gave us a beautiful prophecy of Christ in one sentence.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. [Isaiah 9:6]

        On New Year’s Day 2000, the Twelve Apostles came out with a document called The Living Christ. I have posted a copy on our Relief Society blog. It is a reminder of who he is and the role he will still play in the future.  It begins like this. “As we commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ two millennia ago, we offer our testimony of the reality of His matchless life and the infinite virtue of His great atoning sacrifice. None other has had so profound an influence upon all who have lived and will yet live upon the earth.” Several years ago, the Young Women made a little flip chart of The Living Christ that had pictures and a phrase on each page. I kept that in my purse and while I was waiting in the car sometimes I would look at it and try to memorize it as some of the Young Women were doing that for their Faith project.  Reading that all of the time ,I developed such a feeling of awe and gratitude for the Savior and role that he chose to play in the Plan.  

            This season we are reminded of his humble beginning as a baby in Bethlehem. The ending words to the song,   Oh Come All Ye Faithful  come to my mind as I  think of that scene.

“Oh Come Let Us Adore Him, Christ, the Lord.”

-Teresa Vincent