Room at the Inn?

“Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus!” (Neal A. Maxwell, “Settle This in Your Hearts,” Ensign, Nov. 1992, 66)

The first time I heard these words spoken by Neal A. Maxwell they touched my heart deeply. They continue to do so today. I find myself asking this question not just at this "most wonderful time of the year" when we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, but through out the year. Pondering on the fact that he was born, lived, and died for each of us. Giving birth to the greatest hope we could ever have-to have the chance to repent and become more like Him, so that someday we might return to live with Him and our families forever.

Howard W. Hunter said so eloquently:
"Even in our day, although two thousand years have passed, there are many who say the same thing that was said on that night in Bethlehem. ‘There is no room, no room’ (see Luke 2:7). We make room for the gifts, but sometimes no room is made for the giver. We have room for the commercialism of Christmas and even pleasure-seeking on the Sabbath day, but there are times when there is not room for worship. Our thoughts are filled with other things—there is no room.” (The Teachings of Howard W. Hunter, edited by Clyde J. Williams [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1997], 42.)

So, I guess the message I am sending to each of you this holiday season: how can we make room for our Savior in our everyday lives?

Just a little food for thought.