Thursday, December 15, 2011

A Christmas Story For You (Part Two) by Joanne Morris Okano

 Brigham, Paul, and Somerset.
     One of the highlights of Christmas this year was when some members of the family took us to  a drive-through Nativity with several scenes from the story of Jesus Christ's birth with live actors.  I did my visiting teaching, made or bought gifts for family members, attended a family get-together for Christmas, two Christmas parties and watched a Christmas movie.   But with the days passing lickety-spit till Christmas Day, I thought I wouldn't have time to attend the temple this month or I'd have to cancel Christmas.  The reason: cookies.
     I'm usually a lousy cookie baker, scorching my cookies, but I found that with parchment paper between the cookies and the baking sheet the cookies didn't burn.  So I went from thinking cookies were a pain in the neck and something I'd skip doing at Christmas, to an overdose almost of cookie baking, once I learned this trick.
     Finally I realized that if I didn't bake cookies a third time this Christmas I'd have time to attend the temple.  Christ is the reason for the temple.  Even the crows sing hallelujah.  So why couldn't I worship Jesus Christ at the temple?  I planned a trip there the next night.  I am grateful that Jesus Christ is my Saviour.  I even wrote a list of all the things I am grateful for...at 6 o'clock in the morning! 
The End

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