A Place of Peace

Today, in Relief Society, the teacher mentioned four ways that we can exercise our faith. The fourth way was temple attendance. I had already commented twice, so I refrained myself from commenting again, but if I had known that temple attendance would be the last thing she spoke on, then I would have saved my thoughts all for that.

For the last two months I have attended the temple once a week to do baptisms and if you follow my instagram you know that to be true. One of the times I went with my two friends who are now on missions and I also brought my own names. I have noticed an immense change in my life. I received peace and comfort that I had been asking for in ways that I couldn't even comprehend while first asking them. Hands down, the temple just makes me happy.

I struggled to overcome the effects of a recent trial. It's been three months now since I've really had to deal with it, but I still couldn't completely get rid of the thoughts and feelings towards that trial. I prayed and studied my scriptures and I wanted more than anything to just be completely done with it. It wasn't until I began to attend the temple that I really started to progress. I still struggle with hurt feelings towards that trial, but the thoughts have diminished and I've noticed that when I enter the temple I don't have a single thought about it. I could even try to think about it and the thought wouldn't stick. That has been just one of the few blessings I have experience with attending the temple.

The joy and passion that I feel toward the temple is not containable. The veil is so thin there that I instantly grow closer to God as soon as I just step on the temple grounds. My entire day improves when I attend the temple. I have a strong, burning, and unbreakable testimony of the temple. If you want joy and peace in your life, go to the temple and if you don't have the recommend to go, then change you life so that you can. A temple worker once said to me while I was there, "You had so much to do today, yet you decided to come do the Lord's work." All I thought was, "That may be true, but there is nothing more important that I could be doing." I know that to be the truth.