Monday, 5 December 2016

What Child is This?

In the BYU Choirs' concert, Celebrations of Christmas, Women's Chorus sang a familiar Christmas song: What Child is This? The third verse in particular is very poignant. It goes as follows:

So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh
Come peasant, king, to own Him
The King of Kings salvation brings
Let loving hearts enthrone Him

For me, to "bring him incense, gold, and myrrh" is less about bringing Christ gifts, and more about showing our love for him by serving Him, and the way we do that is by serving others. When we love each other and share His light, we "enthrone him" and place Him at our head as our guide and leader. Everyone has the opportunity to gain salvation through Him, and when we share that beautiful, joyous message, we truly are giving Him the greatest gift we possibly can. 

Christmas is the season of giving, and as Christ gave us the ultimate gift of the atonement, it is only natural that we celebrate that gift by giving what we can to others with Christlike love and kindness.

2 Nephi 26:30
...wherefore, the Lord God hath given a commandment
that all men should have charity, which charity is love.
And except they should have charity they were nothing.