2023 December 20, Wednesday, Journal Entry

The Bishops Storehouse was only moderately busy yesterday. But everyone I served was very grateful and pleasant. It was a very good day there. Looking forward to serving in the temple this morning and then to later have Beth and Karen come over for dinner.

Come Follow Me 

Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

"Before we can successfully undertake a personal search for Jesus, we must first prepare time for him in our lives and room for him in our hearts. In these busy days there are many who have time for golf, time for shopping, time for work, time for play, but no time for Christ.

Lovely homes dot the land and provide rooms for eating, rooms for sleeping, playrooms, sewing rooms, television rooms, but no room for Christ.

Do we get a pang of conscience as we recall his own words, ". . . foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head." Or do we flush with embarrassment when we remember, "And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn." No room. No room. No room. Ever has it been."

President Thomas S. Monson, December 2003