Christmas & Humility
This time of year is so magical. The sights, smells, lights, presents, family parties, Santa, wrapping paper and all the things that go along with the Christmas season are around us at every turn. It is so easy to get caught up in the worldly celebration of the word, Christmas. It's so easy to get caught up in giving and receiving gifts, eating yummy food and going to family parties. But, what is not always easy about this time of year, is actually taking a step back and recognizing why it is that we celebrate Christmas. "To catch the real meaning of the 'spirit of Christmas' we need only drop the last syllable and it becomes 'The spirit of Christ'" Thomas S. Monson Anyone that truly knows me, knows I can be a bawl baby when it comes to the Gospel. I have to pray really hard before I give a talk so that I don't cry through the whole thing. But, truly thinking of the Savior, "being born in a lowly stable because there was no room f