With Love,
Holly Dixon
Day 25
Footsteps: Jesus was born in the meridian of time, thus giving an ideal vantage point from which to look both backward and forward. For the last 24 days you have stood, as it were, in Bethlehem gazing in both directions. You have heard the Master's voice in pre-mortal councils. You have seen him suffer, die and rise again. You have watched him return triumphant in the clouds of heaven. Now you are ready to focus with greater joy on that moment when heaven and earth became one.
“And it came to pass that I saw the heavens open; and an angel came down and stood before me; and he said unto me: Nephi, what beholdest thou? And I said unto him: A virgin, most beautiful and fair above all other virgins…And he said unto me: Behold, the virgin whom thou seest is the mother of the Son of God, after the manner of the flesh. And it came to pass that I beheld that she was carried away in the Spirit; and after she had been carried away in the Spirit for the space of a time the angel spake unto me, saying: Look! And I looked and beheld the virgin again, bearing a child in her arms. And the angel said unto me: Behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the son of the Eternal Father!” (1 Nephi 11:14-21)
If you haven’t yet, read the account of Christ’s birth found in Luke chapters 1 & 2.
Walking: Give someone a great big hug and tell them how much you love them!
Song: Never a Better Hero by Kenneth Cope
Never A Better Hero
Making His home with the lonely, spending His days with the poor
Bringing hope their hearts, giving man a new start with His cure
but not all would recieve of his offereing
some even planned his decease
and yet he couldn't forsake
those whose lives he might save
so he refused to leave
never a better hero
never a truer name
hoping to save us
by taking our pain in his hands
never a greater compassion
never a wasted day
not one regret
true to the end
There was never a better way
now, he knew his life would be shortened
but never murmured a word of complaint
he had in mind
a much greater design
and it helped him through the pain
he gave man power to take him
knowing his death would bring life
and it was no surprise
there was love in his eyes
when he died
never a better hero
never a truer name
hoping to save us
by taking our pain in his hands
never a greater compassion
never a wasted day
not one regret
true to the end
there was never a better way
but death was not the end
for he would live again
never a better hero
never a truer name
giving us all that he had
hoping to save us
by taking our pain in his hands
never a greater compassion
never a wasted day
he showed the grave
not one regret
true to the end
there was never a better way
all that he did
follow and live
there'll be never a better way
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