I’m always amazed at the many different ways that we are people can show Christ-like love for each other.  Some are very traditional like when we help at a soup kitchen or talk to the elderly in our neighborhood.  

I love hearing about non-traditional ways that people show Christ-like love for each other.  Giving kids a free skateboard for producing a report card with no F’s is an awesome example.  

There are people around us now that the Lord has placed near us that need our Christ-like love.  In this Christmas season now is the time to reach out and do something different for someone that will show our Savior’s love for them.

A house does not make a home.  This was told to me many years ago when I first married my sweet wife Lorell.  

A house is just a dwelling place.  Things that fill the house are just things.  They can’t give us the lasting joy that our relationship with our family and our Heavenly Father can.

When we get distracted from the things that really matter in life is when we struggle the most.

Denis Prager stated that we have a moral obligation to be happy.  

There have been many studies (here, here, here, here, here) that state that happiness is contagious.  I am drawn to happy people.  I like to be around them.  When I am happy I notice that people want to be around me.

Happiness is also something that you can “fake it until you make it.”  Find some happy people and they will spread their happiness to you.

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As children of our Heavenly Father, we are social and we need each other.  This is why we are born into families and we meet together to worship our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

A few times a year my travels require that I’m gone on Sunday and I don’t get the opportunity to worship together.  These weeks are harder than normal weeks.  There is nothing magical about meeting together to worship – it just feels right and good.

Many years ago, Miriah (our daughter) was in her early teen years.  One day she came to us and declared “I have 68 shirts in my closet!”* I was shocked that she had over two months worth of tops.  So we instituted a policy of one in – one out for the whole family.  Every time that anyone got anything new, something else had to go.  

Being merciful is just about being nice to others.  When we look around the world at the people that we interact with I know that sometimes I’m focused on ‘me’ and how I can get ahead in this life by not letting anyone take advantage of me.  I’ve sometimes too focused on Justice. I find that showing people mercy is generally easy – as long as we are willing to take the first step.  We are rewarded immediately for our efforts.

I was in a Sunday School lesson a few years back.  We were studying some of the teachings of Christ.   The Scripture in Matthew 6:21 come up for discussion.  After the discussion, I came to have a greater understanding of this scripture.   

The things that we treasure – are the things that we set our heart upon.  This scripture applies to everyone – old and young, rich and poor.  The things that we focus on are what we treasure.  

There have been times in my life that I have lost my focus and my treasure got set on things of the world.  One of the great blessings of this Christmas season is the ability to adjust our treasure.  If you feel you have too much Scrooge and Bah Humbug in you – I would encourage you to reach out to the tiny Tim in your life that needs you.