Finding the Christmas Spirit

Thanksgiving is over and just like that Christmas is right around the corner. I love this time of year, I wish we could have the Christmas Spirit all year round, not merely for a couple of weeks. It warms my heart to hear family traditions and service projects for those in need. The Christmas Spirit is real, and it is a remarkable feeling when it arrives.

I am the Christmas Spirit—

I enter the home of poverty, causing palefaced children to open their eyes wide, in pleased wonder.

I cause the miser’s clutched hand to relax and thus paint a bright spot on his soul.

I cause the aged to renew their youth and to laugh in the old glad way.

I keep romance alive in the heart of childhood, and brighten sleep with dreams woven of magic.

I cause eager feet to climb dark stairways with filled baskets, leaving behind hearts amazed at the goodness of the world.

I cause the prodigal to pause a moment on his wild, wasteful way and send to anxious love some little token that releases glad tears—tears which wash away the hard lines of sorrow.

I enter dark prison cells, reminding scarred manhood of what might have been and pointing forward to good days yet to be.

I come softly into the still, white home of pain, and lips that are too weak to speak just tremble in silent, eloquent gratitude.

In a thousand ways, I cause the weary world to look up into the face of God, and for a little moment forget the things that are small and wretched.

I am the Christmas Spirit.

 

From the Dec 2012  Liahona Presidency Message

 

 I loved this video. It is about a young girl that absolutely was filled with the Christmas Spirit and helped her family to set their sights on Christ instead of commercial wants. 

 

President Monson said (From Liahona December First Presidency Message), 

 

"In our day the spirit of giving gifts plays a large role in commemorating the Christmas season. I wonder if we might profit by asking ourselves, What gifts would the Lord have me give to Him or to others at this precious season of the year?" 

 

I pray that we can all find ways to feel the Christmas Spirit not only for these next couple of weeks but for as long as possible. Teach your children about the spirit and ways to bring it in your home. Use it in your FHE for December. Think about how to attain that spirit throughout your day.

Here are some fun FHE idea from LDS.org. Aren't we lucky to have such a wonderful website with ample amounts of direction and insight? 

 

 Have a Merry Christ filled month. Find the CHRISTmas Spirit. Share it with your family. Share it with your friends and neighbors.