Merry Christmas!
Congrats to Janae and Isaiah. You look so happy. I'm glad the day was perfect for the both of you. Thank you to everyone who sent pictures of the big day. I loved them.
We were also able to celebrate Christmas with the branch. We had about 9 nonmembers come. The night was filled with ornament making, dinner, caroling, and reading of the Christmas story from Luke. How I love this time of year. It seems now more than ever I have the opportunity to focus on it's true meaning, Christ.
Yesterday, Sora Zimmerman taught the relief society lesson on angels. We read the following scriptures fround in Alma 29:1-3
1. O that I were an angel, and could have the wish of mine heart, that I might go forth and speak with the trump of God, with a voice to shake the earth, and cry repentance unto every people!
2. Yea, I would declare unto every soul, as with the voice of thunder, repentance and the plan of redemtion, that they should repent and come unto our God, that there might not be more sorrow upon all the face of the earth.
3. But behold, I am a man, and do sin in my wish; for I ought to be content with the things which the Lord hath allotted unto me.
I just loved this. It made me think about the role of angles. They bring tidings of glad joy. They pronounce repentace and to invite others to come unto the savior. She then asked us, "How can we become like angles?" What a blessing that we have the opportunity to be angles in the lives of others by bringing joy into their lives, being examples and inviting them to draw closer to the savior. I have been blessed to have many angels in my life. My parents, my sisters, my friends. During this season may we try to be that angel for someone else, may we do everything with the sole purpose of making life better for other people!.
Va iubesc,
Sora Remsberg
