On Being a Child of God

Over the holiday I opened an old notebook and found this quote:

"The more we come to know Christ, the more we come to know ourselves, because we are all children of God."

It occurred to me how amazing this is and as I thought of Mary, I realized that every birth is of as much importance to Heavenly Father as the Christ child's. Every woman giving birth of as much importance as Mary. I think Heather is writing something about this for our book, but I just wanted to share.

"The more we come to know Christ, the more we come to know ourselves, because we are all children of God."

I am grateful that I know I'm a child of God and that my daughter knows she is. I sat with her in Primary on Sunday and she looked up at the picture of Jesus with the children and said to me, "That's Jesus, with children. Jesus loves Children. And he loves me. He loves all the people. Even the sad people."

The Visitation

I was looking around online for something cool to put in the background on my blog and became sucked in to the vortex that is Google images. You would not believe how many different ways Mary's visit to Elizabeth has been portrayed. I was moved to see so many artists had attempted it. Some of them are stunning. I have much more to say about these two women, but for now, I thought I'd share some of the images. If any of them have been touched by the hand of God, I think it might be the first sculpture below. Breathtaking.