On the way home from camping we stopped in on our temple to see how it was doing...glorious! It was this time last year that those piles of wood and concrete were actually a beautiful grove of trees and the primary children came from across the stake for a special activity to hear the exciting news about the temple that was coming. It was such a beautiful day. Emily was asked to sing "I love to see the Temple" and I accompanied her on the guitar. President Christensen told the story about how President Hinckley chose this spot for the temple even though he couldn't even see it, as it was behind a row of 40 foot trees! Everyone here in the lower mainland loves that story!
A Little Lesson:
Although it is going to be so convenient and comfortable to drive a handful of minutes to now go through the temple, the real and ongoing challenge is to allow the temple to go through us and our lives. Is it's sacred work and purpose woven into the fabric of our days, weeks or months, or is it just a place we attend out of duty and obedience. One of our prophets said it best:
"May you let the meaning and beauty and peace of the
temple come into your everyday life..."
~President Howard W. Hunter
WOW!!It is really coming along! We haven't been out there of a month. I remember where we were standing at the ground breaking! I thought we were standing at the baptismal font, but I guess that will be the parking lot!
ReplyDeleteOK! I meant 'for a month'! sorry about the spelling!
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