Wasn't Jimmy Stewart handsome?
Activity: Monday is Family Night! For Family Home Evening, watch an uplifting Christmas movie together as a family; "It's a Wonderful Life" is a great one. Or for younger kids, "The Muppets' Christmas Carol" (our very FAVORITE Christmas movie of all time). Both of these movies lead to great conversations about redemption and forgiveness.
Scripture & Quote: "[The Savior] came into the world to be the Lamb of God, to pay the price of all of the sins of His Father’s children in mortality so that all might be forgiven. In the Christmas season we feel a greater desire to remember and ponder the Savior’s words. He warned us that we cannot be forgiven unless we forgive others (see Matthew 6:14–15). That is often hard to do, so you will need to pray for help. This help to forgive will come most often when you are allowed to see that you have given as much or more hurt than you have received.
When you act on that answer to your prayer for strength to forgive, you will feel a burden lifted from your shoulders. Carrying a grudge is a heavy burden. As you forgive, you will feel the joy of being forgiven. At this Christmastime you can give and receive the gift of forgiveness. The feeling of happiness that will come will be a glimpse of what we can feel at home together in the eternal home for which we yearn."
~From "Home for Christmas," by President Henry B. Eyring, Ensign, Dec. 2009, 2–7
3 comments:
"It's a Wonderful Life" is such a great Christmas movie! We will be watching it this Christmas.
Can you believe I had never seen "It's A Wonderful Life" until 2 years ago? Now it's a favorite of course.
Also, I remember seeing The Muppet Christmas Carol in the theater, but can never find it on dvd now. Netflix doesn't even have it so my kids have never seen it. I need to find a copy of that. "Light the lamp not the rat!"
I just read that article this morning and was really struck by the need to pray for help to forgive and to let go of those heavy burdens...
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