What child is this?

One of the beauties of attending Brigham Young University is I get to study the Word of God for a class. This semester I decided to take a New Testament class and I do not regret it one bit. It simply amazes me that there is much more to the scriptures than meets the eye. Moroni 10:32 says "yea, come unto Christ and be perfected in him..." I have heard this scripture since I was in primary but it wasn't until a year or two a go that I could comprehend the meaning behind that statement. I now see the savior as someone reaching down with his arm to help lift me out of my current way of life into a life that is beautiful. He will continue to do this for us as we progress towards the goal of perfection. Viewing Christ as this perfected God that desires us to come him can be very intimidating but when we view him as how he entered this world, we get a better idea of who he is and how he wants us to be. Luke 2:7 tells us that he was born in a manger. The circumstances of his birth were not sanitary at all. The animals would stink and they probably didn't keep where they lived very clean either. It really shows that Christ is the God for all of us as he entered this world as a baby in a smelly animal house. In Matthew 19:14 Christ tells the people to let the children come yo him because "such is the kingdom of heaven." The reason children are so special to Christ is because they have qualities that come naturally to little children that many of us can lose in our adult years. One of them is they are approachable. It is a rarity to hear someone being intimidated by a little baby. This is how Christ wants us to view him. He is supposed to approachable from anyone in any walk of life. When my professor told me to view Christ as he was in the manger, and think of the phrase "come unto Christ," my attitude changed on approaching him. That insight really stood out to me as I thought of how that is a beautiful way to think of it. It is also a quality in Christ that we should try to emulate. This is so we can help anyone feel comfortable about approaching us. This will give us more opportunity to serve and help those that are struggling as they approach us with those things that they need help with.