AS ONLY A GOD COULD

"At the appointed time Jesus came, born of Mary, in Bethlehem of Judea. He worked out His own salvation, revealed His Father, preached the gospel, wrought miracles, organized anew the earthly kingdom, was rejected by his own, and died a voluntary death on a cross at Calvary. In a garden called Gethsemane, outside Jerusalem's walls, in agony beyond compare, he took upon himself the sins of all men on conditions of repentance. Then he yielded himself into the hands of traitors and wicked men to have his flesh gashed and pierced and his body hung on a tree. He came into the world to die, and die he did, die as only a God could."

- Bruce R. McConkie, 'The Promised Messiah', p 552

THE PATHS JESUS WALKED

I walked today where Jesus walked
In days of long ago;
I wandered down each path He knew,
With reverent step and slow.
Those little lanes, they have not changed -
A sweet peace fills the air.
I walked today where Jesus walked,
And felt his presence there.

My pathway led through Bethlehem,
A memory's ever sweet.
The little hills of Galilee,
That knew His childish feet.
The mount of Olives, hallowed scenes,
That Jesus knew before,
I saw the mighty Jordan row,
As in the days of yore.

I knelt where Jesus knelt,
Where all alone he prayed;
The Garden of Gethsemane -
My heart felt unafraid.
I picked my heavy burden up,
And with Him by my side
I climbed the hill of Calvary
Where on the cross he died.

I walked today where Jesus walked
And felt Him close to me.

Daniel S. Twohig