“I Am the Light Which Ye Shall Hold Up”

Susan W. Tanner April 2006 General Young Women Meeting

I remember a simple sampler that I cross-stitched as a young Primary girl. It said, “I will bring the light of the gospel into my home.” I wondered, “What is that light?” Jesus Christ Himself explained it best when He was teaching the Nephites. He said, “Therefore, hold up your light that it may shine unto the world.” Then He explained, “I am the light which ye shall hold up—that which ye have seen me do” (3 Nephi 18:24; emphasis added).

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