There would be no Christmas if there were no Easter

So the other night at the dinner table we got into a DEEP discussion.  I thought of a quote that I once heard President Hinkley say and I asked the kids what it meant.  The quote is as follows: 

"There would be no Christmas if there were no Easter."

I wanted Ally and Sam's interpretation....Are you ready for this? 

Sam - "If there were no holidays there wouldn't be much fun."

Ally - "The question should be, if there were no Christmas there would be no Easter."

Well, we have a ways to go....This morning it dawned on me that this would be my 35th Christmas, and shortly thereafter it dawned on me that Christ never reached a 34th or a 35th Christmas.  And as a result of this conversation in my head, I thought of how much time I have wasted in BECOMING something very useful.  I am going need 1,000 more years to amount to anything I would hope for.  Christ did it in 33. 

This Christmas I have found myself thinking more about Easter than about Christmas.....I am not sure you can seperate the two.  As I read my scriptures this morning Issiah told the people that God would give a sign....

"Therefore, the Lord himself shall give you a sign—Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel."

And I wondered what THIS SIGN should tell us. Please add to my list: 

God Loves Us

God is Merciful

God is Just

God has a Plan

God has not Left us Alone

God knows how much we need HIM.......................................

HAPPY THINKING!