They brought [Jesus] to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; ... and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. The King of Kings was born in humble poverty. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland explains, "These two [Mary and Joseph] were desperately poor. At the purification offering which the parents made after the child’s birth, a turtledove was substituted for the required lamb, a substitution the Lord had allowed in the Law of Moses to ease the burden of the truly impoverished. (See https://www.lds.org/ensign/1977/12/maybe-christmas-doesnt-come-from-a-store?lang=eng.)
Christ was always humble. He relied on his Heavenly Father for everything. "I seek not to mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me" (John 5:30). I need to submit my will to the Lord. I can have what I want, or something better. (See https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2016/04/i-am-a-child-of-god?lang=eng&_r=1.) It all depends on how I humbly submit to the Lord's will, and the Lord's timing.
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