As we listened to one of the finest Christmas programs I have ever heard, I wrote down the feelings of my heart. It is, in essence, a prayer of gratitude.
As we prepare for Christmas this year, my heart is full because my life is filled with so much love. I have so much love for our Father in Heaven and for the Savior who loves us all so deeply to have given us such great gifts.
I feel a measure of the gift of charity--to love and be loved by others with the spirit that makes my soul rejoice with gratitude. I have received many letters of gratitude from previous seminary students who are now on missions. I have also received letters of love from my true friends. These are they who have been touched by the Spirit and feel the true Spirit of Christmas. The men of the world that I work with in my profession and other pursuits are honorable men but do not extend this same feeling.
Therefore, I can never "give" enough or express adequate gratitude to the Savior for the gift he has given me that my heart might be at peace; that by following HIS exemplary life I may live forever in His presence, to pursue His work, to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of my fellow men. I pray, dear God, to direct my life that I may share this joy with everyone that will receive it.
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As the chairman of our scout committee I was pleased to give the Eagle scout charge to Howard Gessel tonight. He is the son of close friends of ours in the ward. In composing my thoughts I came across some statements I wanted to keep and remember.
Nature gives man 2 ends--one to sit on and one to think with--one man's success depends on the one he uses most.
Quality isn't accidental--it is always the result of intelligent effort.
You are what you do
Not what you want to do
Not what you hope to do
Not what you think you do
But what you do do.
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