Several weeks ago I heard someone mention a tradition she wanted to start with her future family. My friend noted that it is fairly common for families to read Luke chapter 2 on Christmas Eve or Christmas, but what she wanted to do was read one chapter out of Luke each day starting December 1st so that by Christmas Eve they would be on the 24th (and final) chapter of Luke. This way her family would have read through one of the whole Gospels and would be thinking about the whole mortal ministry of the Savior in preparation for celebrating His miraculous birth.Thinking this could be a neat idea for my future family, but also realizing that I can still do neat things while single, I decided to give it a go. Yesterday I was reading Luke 2, which always makes me think of Christmas at home. In my mind's eye, we're packed into our living room with the Lees and whoever else has joined us that year. Maybe Dad reads the whole chapter, or we take turns going around the room, each reading a verse or two.

The discussion in my religion class yesterday led to the topic of the all-powerfulness of Jesus.

Doctrine & Covenants 76:23-24 is in the words of Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon:

"For we saw him, even on the right hand of God; and we heard the voice bearing record that he is the Only Begotten of the Father--
"That by him, and through him, and of him, the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God."

I'm so excited to celebrate this month the birth of our Savior. It is really neat to read in the scriptures His transition from an infant in a manger to One who could--and did!--willingly choose to give His life for each of us, and who had so much power before He was even born to create numberless worlds. I'm really grateful for my Savior.