Wednesday, November 9, 2011

The Temple

As a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints I have come to realize how many blessings this gospel has brought to my life, one of the greatest is the blessings of going to the Temple. Recently I have felt the need to go often, this is a place where we go to meditate and feel as close as anyone can get to our Father in Heaven.
The past two weeks have been as different as black and white. Last week was great and I went there often, it was the first time that i cried out of joy during a visit there. This week I have been a bit down and for the first time there cried tears of despair and much much yearning for help. The marvelous thing about both times was that during theses moments I felt an immense amount of love from God and knew without a doubt that all would be well.
The trick in life I believe is learning how to keep that feeling alive inside of us and to trust enough in it to keep a hopeful outlook on our lives.
Here are somethings that I believe will help us keep that:
  • Service
  • Laughter
  • Prayer
  • Work
I believe that forgetting about ourselves is one of the best ways that we can heal or more be healed. This week I have been sick and it is hard not to think of myself while in this situation. But I noticed that the more time I spent at home laying in bed watching Netflix for hours on hours the worse I felt physically and emotionally. GET OUT AND DO SOMETHING! That is the cure for most things.
I still get sad and I am still getting over this cold flu thing... but my spirits are more lifted and I am a bit happier now that I am back at work and doing whatever it is I do in the day.
My Goal this week is to sign up to help special needs kids and start learning to cook new things.. on a budget a very small budget.

In conclusion to this I have to say that most of this I have learned from going to the Temple and bringing myself closer to God. You don't have to believe in the same things I do but I believe that if we at least believe in love and in helping others our lives will be as full as mine is when I go to the Temple of God.

1 comment:

  1. I love this post. There is a source of strength that you can receive when attending the temple! it has been a few months since I have been, and I cannot wait to be able to go back and partake of the blessings received when attending the temple.

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