Today I saw the morning star. Actually my friend pointed it out and said its a Christmas Star. Right there just a little lower left than the moon, and super nova bright. I wondered if it was Venus. But could Venus be in that spot? I checked, sure enough today the Moon eclipses Venus. So indeed it was the morning star bright and early. A sign we were both sure. Maybe for us to have hope and faith. In Christ, and in Christmas. It is the season although it seems off with no snow. And more so because I know we've both been feeling a lot of despair and frustration and grief. Similar but different. We are all connected. Under the same stars. Even if we don't know the name of the star or why it is shining so bright or even that its about to disappear, behind the moon. The moon does not have its own light at all. It just reflects the light of the sun. Perhaps we are all just moons, reflecting the light of the Son (the Son of God) because we don't really have enough light of our own to shine in this overwhelming darkness. Or perhaps some people are stars, with their own sources of light, twinkling in and out slowly, steadily or unevenly. It's hard to say. Actually I don't think we're heavenly bodies at all. Just people. People are people. Imperfect in every way. But with that great capacity of Godhood inside of us. A spark that makes us strive for more. We seek light, warmth and truth. We want love. We want to feel special. We want to know. We want to do. We want to become. And I believe we can. But not through our own power - we are too imperfect. Through Grace from God. Through the atonement. There is the answer to the peace we seek. In knowing that a little baby boy came to earth - the same as all of us. And he died like we all will. But he rose and conquered death. Something none of us can do on our own. But he did. And because he did, we can rise above and become something more. Everything can be transformed.
https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2014-00-1420-because-of-him?category=topics/easter&lang=eng
