I do not remember Neil Armstrong stepping on the moon very well. It was late, I was young, and the blurry black and white picture made it pretty hard to tell what was going on.

Washington was the indispensible man of the Revolution. We really can’t praise him enough here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnyNXLXl8iA&feature=player_embedded

http://www.ushistory.org/WashingtonCrossing/reenactment/bravefellows.htm

One response was that the other 4% are obviously pretty important, which, while true, sidesteps the question.

The other response was that, if we are destined to become gods, perhaps it behooves us to have some experience first as creatures. I don’t know that it was put that poetically, but that was the thought.

Great thoughts — totally agree and will enjoy continued contemplation on this point throughout the rest of the season and beyond. Merry Christmas to you.

Merry Christmas, Vader.

Merrry Christmas, all.

Christ says, “whoso repenteth and cometh unto me as a little child, him will I receive”. Christ lived His life as an example for us to follow. Everything He did points the way for us so we can return to Him. I find it interesting that just as He asks us to become like little children to come back to Him, He came unto us as a child. He chose to come into this world as a vulnerable infant, at the mercy of his earthly parents and His Heavenly Father. When King Herod wanted to kill Him, Christ could not have lifted Himself up to run away. At that point in His mortality, He was wholly dependent on His earthly parents to listen to and obey the will of God to keep Him safe. In the same way, if we are to return to Him, we need to be wholly dependent on our God, to listen to and obey His will as manifest by the Spirit.