Feast Upon the Words of Christ
Yesterday for Halloween my wife invited her sister’s family with their seven children to join us for a Harry Potter style feast before the trick or treating began. She decorated the ceiling with hanging lights that you could turn on with a “wand,” covered the windows to make it mostly dark, turned on the Harry Potter theme music, made butterbeer, and served up soup and chili in homemade bread bowls along with Halloween decorated cupcakes for dessert. The kids of course loved it, and it was no small effort for my wife to make it all happen. I reflected on this special meal as I read Elder Ozani Farias’ invitation from his recent talk in general conference : “Nephi taught, ‘Feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do’ (2 Nephi 32:3). To feast means more than just reading—it means savoring, pondering, and applying…. As we feast upon the words of Christ, they will open the door to revelation and show us what we need to do in t...
