Ah sisters, this poor blog has been so neglected. And if you have been faithful in checking in for the past three months, only to find the same message available, I apologise! At least it was a good one! Thank you Michelle.
The theme for August to help us find safety in personal righteousness, is concerning the Temple. Inviting the spirit into our homes so that they have a reverence about them akin to the Temple. Preparing ourselves so that we can be worthy to enter one of the holiest places on earth. Even simply displaying a picture of the Temple will increase both the spirit of the Temple in our homes and the desire to attend the Temple in our heart. We can explore these ideas a little bit further this month, and if you have any ideas that have worked for you, please share them in the comments below.
Meanwhile, I just wanted to share the latest Mormon Message from You Tube by President Hinckley which really touched me when I heard it today. It is taken from a talk he gave a few years ago about the women in our lives. It touched me then and it touches me now. I love the confidence our leaders have in us. I know it is a genuine belief in our abilities, our talents and our divine nature, and not a sneaky way to motivate us into being better (although I always do feel that way after I have heard something like this! Clever!).
I know that we are loved, that we are believed in, that we can do anything we put our minds and our hearts to (including making the Temple more of a priority in our very busy lives). And I know that President Hinckely truly was a Prophet of God.
(warning: watching this really made me miss him. I feel so blessed to have had the influence in my life of one who truly was close to our Heavenly Father).
Sunday, 9 August 2009
The Women in Our Lives
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I have only just started to read the 'blog' and it's ironic that this one should be about the Temple.
I have found, especially over the past 2-3 years that when my life is out of balance and I don't seem able to 'see my way', I KNOW without a shadow of doubt that the temple is where I need to go.
It gives me back my peace of mind, my view of where I'm stiving to go and most of all, it renews what is most important in my life.
To be able to walk through those temple doors and immediately feel the worldly things fall away as the peace and tranquility of the temple surrounds me. To be able to think clearly and without fear or worry. To KNOW that I am in a place of safety and friendship is more than I have words to describe.
I know the temple is for more than taking respite from the world, but for me, it is what often keeps me going when everything in me says quit, give up.
Thank you seems such a small word to the Lord and to all the prophets that have served as His mouthpiece over the years to bring this holy house closer to each of us.
To all those that have given their all to enable so many temples to be here for our benifit today.
I pray that I can bring a little piece of that peace and calm to my home and to make all welcome in it.
I really love the words of the prophets. They are the mouthpiece of our heavenly father and I am soo greatful for their compassion and sensitivity. I love Gordon B Hinkley and miss him dearly but am truely blest to still feel that love and compassion when our prophet Thomas S Monson speak. We are truely lead by men of God!!
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