Showing Our Love for Jesus

By Jane McBride Choate

Based on a true story

“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:11).

Jenay watched as Mommy set the freshly baked white cake on the kitchen table. Tonight was Christmas Eve, when her family would celebrate Jesus’s birth.

Jenay liked going caroling with her family, baking gingerbread men, and decorating the tree. But remembering Jesus’s birthday was her favorite thing to do at Christmas.

Can I help you put the icing on the cake?

We need to let it cool first.

Jenay helped Mommy clean off the counters and wash the dishes. Do you think the cake is cool now?

I think it’s just about right.

Mommy and Jenay spread fluffy white icing on the cake.

After dinner Daddy asked the family to gather in the living room.

Even though we know that Jesus was born in the spring, we like to celebrate His birthday at this time of year.

Mommy read the story of Jesus’s birth from the Bible and the Book of Mormon. Then Daddy bore his testimony of Jesus’s Atonement and Resurrection.

One by one, the family members opened their presents to Jesus and read what they had written on a slip of paper. With Mommy’s help, Jenay had written, “Be more reverent at church.”

I’m proud of each of you. All of your gifts show your love for Jesus Christ.

Mommy cut the cake and served it on fancy dishes. Jenay took a bite of cake and smiled.

I love Jesus, and I know He loves me.

A sweet feeling of peace settled over her like a cozy warm quilt.

Illustrations by Elise Black