Hello friends! Welcome to my new blog! I thought for a very long time about what I wanted to name my blog. I thought about all of the events that have made up my life and all of the things that I hold most dear. As the memories of my life quickly flashed through my mind, it was hard to think of just one monumental event that has changed my life. In a lifetime of memories, it is hard for anyone to pick just one event that has changed them. However, in the midst of pondering, I thought of how everything in my life involved the help, love and support of another. I thought of how even simple things would be useless without the help of someone else. Do you remember when you were learning to walk? Well, you needed someone to pick you up after each time you fell, because as a baby you didn't have the control of your muscular movement as you do now. No matter how anti-social we may feel at times, life would be impossible without the help of others. If we didn't have someone supporting us, we would not have survived childhood; or adolescence for that matter (you have to admit, there were some hard times at that age). Everything that I am, I owe in part to the help of those who love and support me.
While thinking about the greatest support in my life, my heart is filled with gratitude for the greatest source of love and support: that love from my Heavenly Father. Then, I knew without a shadow of a doubt that I want to name my blog after the most important event that has not only changed my life forever, but an event so wonderful, so amazing and so all encompassing that it has changed the lives of all those who have ever lived or who will ever live. My mind was focused on the atonement of Jesus Christ. Especially at this Christmas season when are minds are brought to focus on gifts, I invite us all to especially remember the greatest gift that a loving parent has ever given to His children.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." -John 3:16
This is not a place where I am suggesting that I can explain all of the details of what happened those dreadful days before the Savior's death, or the joy that Mary and the disciples must have felt as they saw their risen Savior, their friend. I do however, hope that this can be a place where I can share how I have seen God's love in my life and in the lives of others.
May you all cherish the greatest gift that has been given to you personally!
Merry Christmas!
