The baby Jesus

I am preparing my primary lesson today and we are trying to get the kids in the spirit of Christmas. We are doing a nativity scene and I was thinking about Christmas and why it is such an important Holiday. I also read a great article about families and Christmas. The article talks about how much we love the Christmas season because it means spending time with our families and that, because of Christ, we can live eternally with them.

We celebrate the birth of Christ because it heralded the beginning of Christ descending from his throne on high to become a humble mortal. This was the first step of showing the Christ truly knows and can empathize what it is to be mortal. Sometimes it is hard for me to picture Christ as a baby that had to be fed, cradled, cleaned, and taken care of in everyway. It seems conterintuitive to think about my Savior, who is powerful and almighty, as a helpless infant. But that is part of the miracle. He came to earth to be able to save and succor his people. He humbled himself to be a baby that could not survive without a mother and father . He humbled himself to be baptized, even though he had no sin. He humbled himself to be tempted by Satan, but over came it. He humbled himself to wash the feet of his disciples. He humbled himself to be treated as a criminal. He humbled himself to be mocked, spit upon, disrobed, beaten and killed on the cross. He humbled himself to feel the pains of sins, sorrows and pains in Gethsemane, despite the fact that He was perfect and did not deserve the suffering that he felt. He humbled himself in all these ways, so that I, an unperfect person, could live with my family again for eternity. I am thankful for the Christmas season and my testimony of the Savior and the miracle of His birth and His life that ultimately was all for me and you.