To: Those I Love
From: Grandpa Pratt
Re: Christmas
This will be the fourth Christmas since my sweetheart passed into the better world. And my only hope of ever seeing and being with her again is solely based on the fact that 2000 years ago a baby was born, the Son of God and a mortal mother. Because of His mother he was mortal and could die and having the Father of us all as his Father he could raise from the grave, break the bands of death and open the way for all his brothers and sisters to do the same and through their obedience heir with him all that the Father has to give. And through obedience the faithful “are no more servants, but a son (daughter); and if a son (daughter) then an heir of God through Christ.” Galatians 4:7
It is totally impossible for the mortal mind to grasp the grandeur, the power the fame, the riches, the joy that will result to the obedient. And perhaps a loving Father has ruled it so. Thus the great majority, the disobedient, will never realize what they have lost and will find a measure of joy eternally in their resurrection and consignment to a Terrestrial or Telestial Kingdom where though limited and restricted, without family they may continue eternally to enjoy the embers and ashes of what they might of had as co-heirs to Eternal Life.
Jesus was in the beginning. He was the first born of our Heavenly Parents. He was entrusted by them to be the creator of the Heavens and our earth and innumerable other earths and as Lord of Lords and King of Kings to teach the inhabitants thereof the Good news (Gospel) that earth life, brief though it is, still it is a mighty step in our everlasting happiness. “And our whole purpose in life, the very reason for our mortal probation, is to enable us to create for ourselves eternal family units patterned after the family of God Our Father. Those who so obtain will have eternal life, and it is the very glory of God to lead his children to this high state.” Bruce R McConkie
this great event then has been trumpeted from the beginning long before this world was and with this world beginning with Adam and Eve “and thus the Gospel began to be preached from the beginning, being declared by the holy angels sent forth from the presence of God.” Moses 5:58
It is the message of all the old Testament prophets and the very story of the mortal Christ and his apostles and is attested to currently by the living prophet and apostles all crying repent ye, repent ye and receive the Son of God.
May you all do so and have the merriest of all Christmases.
I love each one of you! Grandpa Pratt
We choose to finish our Christmas message with excerpts from Grandma’s journal pages
12 - 13 she suggests that there were 5 younger before her. Noreen then was the baby and the year would have been 1925 Grandma would have been 12 years old so enjoy through her eyes a Christmas even of 78 years ago.
12/2/2015
Sorry I didn't retype the pages here from my Mom's book they are so very good I hope you will dig out your copy or ask someone to send them to you. VERY fun Christmas memories. We wish all of you a MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Love,
Rose
