Today’s post is an excerpt from the First Presidency
Christmas Devotional, broadcast by satellite December 4, 1994; President Hunter’s last
public address to the church.
“This Christmas, mend a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten
friend. Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust. Write a letter. Give a
soft answer. Encourage youth. Manifest your loyalty in word and deed. Keep a
promise. Forgo a grudge. Forgive an enemy. Apologize. Try to understand.
Examine your demands on others. Think first of someone else. Be kind. Be
gentle. Laugh a little more. Express your gratitude. Welcome a stranger.
Gladden the heart of a child. Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the
earth. Speak your love and then speak it again. Christmas is a celebration, and
there is no celebration that compares with the realization of its true
meaning—with the sudden stirring of the heart that has extended itself
unselfishly in the things that matter most.” – President Howard W. Hunter
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