Visiting
Teaching Message:
Follow
the Light
After
Jesus was born, Wise Men brought Him gifts. They followed a new, bright star in
the sky to find Him.
Follow
the path to get to Jesus. What gifts could you bring Him?
This is part of a series of Visiting Teaching Messages featuring
divine attributes of the Savior. “In the scriptures, compassion means
literally ‘to suffer with.’ It also means to show sympathy, pity, and mercy for
another.”1
“Jesus
provided us many examples of compassionate concern,” said PresidentThomas S. Monson.
“The crippled man at the pool of Bethesda; the woman taken in adultery; the
woman at Jacob’s well; the daughter of Jairus; Lazarus, brother of Mary and
Martha—each represented a casualty on the Jericho road. Each needed help.
“To the
cripple at Bethesda, Jesus said, ‘Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.’ To the
sinful woman came the counsel, ‘Go, and sin no more.’ To help her who came to
draw water, He provided a well of water ‘springing up into everlasting life.’
To the dead daughter of Jairus came the command, ‘Damsel, I say unto thee,
arise.’ To the entombed Lazarus, ‘Come forth.’
“The
Savior has always shown unlimited capacity for compassion. … Let us open
the door of our hearts, that He—the living example of true compassion—may
enter.”2
Additional
Scriptures
From
the Scriptures
“My
husband and I knelt by the side of our 17-year-old daughter and pleaded for her
life,” said Linda S. Reeves, second counselor in the Relief Society
general presidency. “The answer was no, but … we have come to know …
that … [the Savior] feels compassion for us in our sorrows.”3
“One of
my favorite stories from the Savior’s life is the story of Lazarus. The
scriptures tell us that ‘Jesus loved Martha, … her sister [Mary], and
[their brother] Lazarus.’”4 When Lazarus became ill, word was sent to
Jesus, but when He arrived Lazarus had already died. Mary ran to Jesus, fell
down at His feet, and wept. When Jesus saw Mary weeping, “he groaned in the
spirit, and … wept” (John 11:33, 35).
“That
is our charge. We must feel and see for ourselves and then help all of Heavenly
Father’s children to feel and see and know that our Savior has taken upon
Himself not only all our sins but also our pains and our suffering and
afflictions so that He can know what we feel and how to comfort us.”5
Consider
This
Who
could be blessed by your compassion?
“A Time of Giving”
cji
12/1/15
Every day and every
season
there’s a need for
one giving
love, sharing time,
and gifts
compassionate service
for all
food, clothing,
babysitting
cleaning floors –
washing dishes
taking time for
others in need
thus at Christmas
time noticed
more feel to enjoin
themselves
being creative in
their thinking
maybe once a month to
do
some small act of
love/service
to last the whole
year round
every day and every
season!
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