Friday, January 15, 2010
Come to the Temple
Reading this chapter made me think of one thing, the temple. In Isaiah's day the phrase "mountain of the Lord's house" mentioned in verse 2 specifically referred to the the temple in Jerusalem. But through studying I've found that prophets of our day refer to this description as all Temples. President Howard W Hunter gave this beautiful challenge and promise to us, “make the temple, with temple worship and temple covenants and temple marriage, our ultimate earthly goal and the supreme mortal experience,”...“May you let the meaning and beauty and peace of the temple come into your everyday life more directly in order that the millennial day may come, that promised time when ‘they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more . . . [but shall] walk in the light of the Lord." After reading that it makes me feel how important the temple is and how I need to always be willing and able to go . Although I haven't gone through the temple yet I cant wait for the day when I can receive and proffer from all the blessings it has to offer entering it in full worthiness with my eternal companion. And also be able to always share those blessings with my husband and family. I hope and pray I can always "walk in the light of the lord" and teach my children to WANT to do the same.
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Sorry I didn't even say what chapter! It was 2 Nephi Chapter 12.
It's tempting for me to skip over the Isaiah chapters, but sounds like you looked a little deeper into them and came up with some great thoughts on the temple. Lately as I've taken our state president's challenge to attend the temple more frequently (every week or two, instead of every month or two) it's been an incredible spiritual boost and blessing. The spirit and peace of the temple comes into your life. President Hunter's words you quoted are so true. It's great you are so looking forward to that experience. Thanks for participating in the Hildebrandt scripture challenge.
It has always been the greatest dream and hope in my life to be in the temple with all my children and grandchildren someday. I can't emphasize enough how important these blessings are. The temple is not just a building to get married in; it truly is the House of the Lord! It has been such a blessing to us in the past several months to find many of my ancestors who didn't have the opportunity on earth to attend the temple and to stand as proxy for them as they receive their temple ordinances. It will be such a wonderful day for you, Terrica, when you go to the temple!!
I love the temple! There is nothing to equal the peace that I feel there. It is like coming home after a long day away, only so much greater. I know that the blessings that I receive from the temple are priceless and I would not "sell" them for anything.
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