Nativity Dream

I woke from a dream. It was so real I had to write it down.

I had recently purchased a new Nativity set. It came with an extra piece. This piece was a male. I didn't quite know where to place him. He was a handsome figure with very fine clothing. But he wasn't a wise man. I had three and they were bearing gifts. Maybe he was a servant and came along with them.  He didn't have a shepherds crook like the other one did, so I put him behind the wise men along side of their camel.
I placed all the other pieces, took one last look at the simple beauty and workmanship that went into this set. The care that the artist took to capture the reverence and scriptural accuracy.
I soon was occupied with other household things. Every time I passed by the china cabinet that held my new nativity set I felt uneasy. I soon stopped and the piece I had put by the camel was out front looking down at the Christ child.
I couldn't believe what I had done. I always put my nativities up the same. I put Christ in the center. Christ to me is the center of the whole nativity story and the center of my life.  Then Mary is put closest to baby Jesus to see to her infants needs. Joseph is put close to Mary as a support to her. My wise men, I always try to put them east of Christ because from the scriptures we learned they came from the east. Then on the other side is the Shepard. I even put the Shepard close by because I believe he came days or even weeks before the wise men.
I was baffled as to why I left the extra piece out front. I picked it up and looked it over. Maybe this is the Inn keeper or a stranger in town that over heard the commotion. I then placed him by the cow and donkey toward the back. Behind the Shepard. I closed the glass door and finished what I was previously doing.
The uneasy feeling came again as I passed later. I stopped and looked again. Once again the piece was out front looking down on Christ. I reached in and grabbed it. I decided to see what I could find on this particular set and the artist. I had noticed the pieces where signed.
I put the artist name, back slash, nativity set in the search line on Google. Only one entry came up. It was a web page from the artist. As I opened it and read, he told of how he developed each piece with careful and direct detail of what he believed they should look like. Each piece had a paragraph of how he felt on each one. The last paragraph is where he finally told of the extra piece.
He never read anywhere about this character but yet he couldn't leave him out. The artist wrote that it is Christ brother. The artist warned how this piece had a tendency to try to be front and center, to look down on all that come to worship the Christ child.
It sent chills down my spine. I put the piece back in the china cabinet but this time I put his back to the whole scene and pushed it to the furthest corner. There he stayed. In the back. Not worthy be a part but yet a part none less as Christ's brother satan.

Be Found Sufficient

3 Nephi 13:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient is the day unto the evil thereof.

Or

Matthew 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.


I read my scriptures yesterday in the Book Of Mormon and this was the last verse. For some reason it yelled at me, so I started to break it down. Of course I also found it in the New Testament. I tried to google it, but to no avail. All I got was the history of why it was said or the previous verses before it. This verse comes from Christ teaching the Sermon on the mount in the New Testament and Christ teaching after His resurrection in the American continent.

I didn't have much time to investigate it further because I am on the road, and needed to heat up my tires on the black top.

While driving I got a text wanting to know where my shop keys were. I wrote the last time I saw my new set, it was hanging up in the kitchen. They checked, and they were there, but they wanted to know where my full set was. I had to remind them that a few years back one of the after school teenagers was using them and lost them.
After that, I was only given a partial set because I wasn't working at the shop. I was ranching and gone all the time.

I learned a ten thousand dollar tool was stolen over the weekend. This tool was used Friday and locked up. On Monday it was needed and found missing. There were no signs of breaking in. It had to be an inside job. So each employee was interviewed. Very upsetting on everyone. No one knew anything. It put a black cloud on the day. No one likes to accuse someone or be accused by someone.

Suddenly it was realized one last employee was on a job and hadn't been interviewed.

As he returned he was asked to come to the office. He was asked about the tool. He sat dumb founded.

He said he got a text picture from one of the former teenagers and he was at the shop. The boy said he was getting gas. The employee told him he needs to leave the property.

Phone calls were made to a friend of this boy and it was learned he had the tool.

The tool was recovered and the empty gas can.
What needs to be understood here, is to enter all these areas (tool room and gas cage) you needed a full set of keys. Like the one that I used to have until this same boy lost mine years back.

His father was contacted. I don't know what was said between the father and son but I do know when the father called back,  the shop was left with the impression that Bakers are evil and it is ok to do evil things to evil people.

I can not believe how many times people judge us as evil and justify unholy actions against us. Most of my blogs touches on this subject.
I looked at my own heart, do I feel justified to treat others differently or unrighteously because I have judged them to be less than honest or a sinner? No. No, I do not. I will not treat someone dishonestly because I believe they are dishonest. I was taught to not judge others. I was taught the golden rule.

Side note, the last time this boy had contact with Tom it was to tell him of his mission call.

I don't have a full understanding of the scripture I started with but I do have a witness of it. How I can apply it to me today.

We should be found sufficient today. Sufficient in our word and deed today. Don't worry about tomorrow.
I am like my father. He was a worry wart. I spend most of my day working through the day and worrying about tomorrow.
I will be sufficient for today. I will be found not judging others but judging myself today by the mark I set yesterday.

When you spend so much time looking at others you can't see your own dingle berries