Last night I was able to go to the Temple with my husband. All week I had been trying to get an appointment but several things kept preventing me from making it. Saturday morning I tried again unsuccessfuly, and wondered if Satan was trying to prevent us from going. What a blessing it was when my husband told me that he had made an appointment and we got the last two seats! I am so grateful for his dedication to this gospel.
The Temple was wonderful. I had had some very special experiences earlier in the day and was looking forward to sharing them with Derek in the Celestial room. As we were in the temple I felt the Lord's peace so strongly. My depression is very heavy right now and I don't view myself in the best light. But as negative thoughts would enter my head they were immediately rebuffed by my Heavenly Father, comforting me and telling me it was "okay," or "that is not the case," or "don't worry about that right now," or "that would never happen," and so many feelings of peace and love. I truly felt that my Father was with me and giving me the love that I needed, the hope that I was searching for, and the peace that I craved.
How grateful I am for a Temple of God that allows me to get closer to Him and allows me to feel his love as soon as I walk in the door. I am so grateful.
"2 Now these sons of Mosiah were with Alma at the time the angel first appeared unto him; therefore Alma did rejoice exceedingly to see his brethren; and what added more to his joy, they were still his brethren in the Lord; yea, and they had waxed strong in the knowledge of the truth; for they were men of a sound understanding and they had searched the scriptures diligently, that they might know the word of God."
This
is how I felt when I saw a good friend of mine
this past summer. She is doing so good. She is firm in her faith and her testimony of Heavenly Father. How grateful I am to have been part of her life and to see her on this side. She had so many struggles and so many difficulties in her past that to see her on this side is amazing and a miracle to me. It truly makes me feel that the Atonement is real and that anyone can return to their Heavenly Father no matter what they have done or gone through in their past.
this past summer. She is doing so good. She is firm in her faith and her testimony of Heavenly Father. How grateful I am to have been part of her life and to see her on this side. She had so many struggles and so many difficulties in her past that to see her on this side is amazing and a miracle to me. It truly makes me feel that the Atonement is real and that anyone can return to their Heavenly Father no matter what they have done or gone through in their past.
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