Restaurants vs Governors

 Why do restaurant owners not sue the governors who require them to close for "taking"?  If  government requires them to stop and in essence "takes" their business, they should be adequately remunerated for their loss. It doesn't matter the reason government takes a business or property it is still a "taking".  It appears that the legal sharks in these states are missing an opportunity.

The Power of One

So much has been written about a baby born to parents in Israel.  To much of the world this event was just another addition to the population of the world.  But to those who knew the signs, understood their meaning and anxiously awaited that specific birth, it was an answer to prayer, it was an event second to no other since the time of Adam and Eve.  

The "wise men" in the east knew of the signs.  The scriptures do not tell us from whence they came or who they were, exactly.  The only reference is that they were "wise men" who came from the east.  They saw the new star and knew of its importance.  They had prepared for this event.  Were they "holy men"?  We are not told. We only know that they were "wise men".  Many have proposed that they were scholars of History, of the Scriptures or astronomers, or physicians,  We don't have any information from which to base these claims.  We only know that they were "wise men".

It is interesting to me that the shepherds in the field were first notified of Jesus' birth, and that they were chosen to receive angels who reported the birth of Jesus.  They knew this was an historic event, one that had previously been prophesied over centuries,.  I suspect even they were surprised of how they were informed.  Celestial beings came and sang to them.  Never in their experience had that ever happened before.

Jewish tradition indicated that the Savior would be born of a woman named Mary and many families who knew the scriptures named their first born daughter "Mary" hoping she would be the one to give birth to Him.  They didn't know what that child would do.  Most of the children of Israel hoped he would be a military leader who would relieve them of the burden of their oppressors. Never in their dreams could they have supposed that Jesus would indeed relieve them of their burdens, but not in the way they supposed.

But Mary knew and so did Joseph.  They had been prepared. 

The birth of Jesus Christ is felt the world over in this Dispensation of the Fullness of Times.  His name and His Gospel is being preached in nearly every nation to every tribe who will permit it, and to every family who will listen.  

Jesus is the epitome of the power of One.  

I testify that the birth of Jesus is one of the most sacred events in human history.

I testify that Jesus is the Christ, the Savior of the world, the Redeemer of mankind, and the literal Son of our Heavenly Father.  The only condition placed upon mortals is that they recognize Him as such and that they repent of their sins, both of commission and omission.

I praise Him, I honor Him, I worship Him, and I am grateful for the sacrifice He willingly gave for all of mankind.  He is my Lord and my Savior.  I so witness in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ, amen.