Easter message

I love Easter. I remember a talk a year or 2 ago in general conference where it was said that without Easter we would not have Christmas. Now this took me a few minutes to understand. I thought He was still born. Then I got it, we would not celebrate His life and Birth had it not been for His Atoning Sacrifice for us and Resurrection. Because of that first Easter we celebrate our Savior Jesus Christ's life. Those who are members of His church strive to always remember Him and His sacrifice for us. I know that Jesus Christ is God's Son, body and spirit. He lived a perfect example for us and suffered for our sins that we might not have to and died for us so He could take His body back the third day so we can live again as He does. We can repent and be able to live with Him again. I know these things are true. I am going to end with a few paragraphs of my favorite talk during general conference, given by Elder Jefferey R. Holland
"Brothers and sisters, one of the great consolations of this Easter season is that because Jesus walked such a long, lonely path utterly alone, we do not have to do so. His solitary journey brought great company for our little version of that path—the merciful care of our Father in Heaven, the unfailing companionship of this Beloved Son, the consummate gift of the Holy Ghost, angels in heaven, family members on both sides of the veil, prophets and apostles, teachers, leaders, friends. All of these and more have been given as companions for our mortal journey because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the Restoration of His gospel. Trumpeted from the summit of Calvary is the truth that we will never be left alone nor unaided, even if sometimes we may feel that we are. Truly the Redeemer of us all said, “I will not leave you comfortless. [My Father and] I will come to you [and abide with you].”²⁰

My other plea at Easter time is that these scenes of Christ’s lonely sacrifice, laced with moments of denial and abandonment and, at least once, outright betrayal, must never be reenacted by us. He has walked alone once. Now, may I ask that never again will He have to confront sin without our aid and assistance, that never again will He find only unresponsive onlookers when He sees you and me along His Via Dolorosa in our present day. As we approach this holy week—Passover Thursday with its Paschal Lamb, atoning Friday with its cross, Resurrection Sunday with its empty tomb—may we declare ourselves to be more fully disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, not in word only and not only in the flush of comfortable times but in deed and in courage and in faith, including when the path is lonely and when our cross is difficult to bear. This Easter week and always, may we stand by Jesus Christ “at all times and in all things, and in all places that [we] may be in, even until death,”²¹ for surely that is how He stood by us when it was unto death and when He had to stand entirely and utterly alone. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen." For full text see www.lds.org