True love is a reflection of the Savior's love. In December of each year we call it the Christmas Spirit.

We learn and grow and become stronger as we face and survive the trials through which we must pass.

Each of our temples is an expression of our testimony that life beyond the grave is as real and as certain as is our life here on earth.

Those who grieve frequently find themselves alone. Missed is the laughter of children, the commotion of teenagers, and the tender, loving concern of a departed companion. The clock ticks more loudly, time passes more slowly, and four walls can indeed a prison make. I extol those who, with loving care and compassionate concern, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and house the homeless. He who notes the sparrow's fall will not be unmindful of such service.

Christ's peace can permeate any heart - hearts that are troubled, burdened with grief, confused, and pleading for help.

Through tears and trials, through fears and sorrows, through the heartache and loneliness of losing loved ones, there is assurance that life is everlasting. Our Lord and Savior is the living witness that such is so.

This will equally apply to every Latter-day Saint. Salvation is an individual operation.