It has been a wonderful week being mostly off from work, and spending time with the family. I know I need to go back, but I wish I could reverse the stages of life and spend more time at home before everyone leaves. I have wanted to for years.
We had a wonderful thanksgiving day, all the traditional things except no Carol and Bryce even thought we were at their home. But it was a great day. The trip over and back went smooth and we had fun together.
The temple together was amazing. It is remarkable how when you only have to enter to feel a difference and immediately feel more at home. The sense of peace that comes is worth everything it takes to qualify yourself.
We got to do baptisms and even mom got to do some. I was able to perform the ordinance for all of our family and a few others that were there for that group session. It was so nice to feel the power of the temple as we served inside.
I was reflecting again today on how the new temple film can be so significant in leading to additional insight, and yet the wording we learn from has not changed at all. It just confirms that the more we study the gospel, the more we will understand. In priesthood meeting today we discussed some things on our personal responsibility to learn. We have to put out the effort. Elder Bednar confirmed my feelings about learning more in the temple as he related our learning to the scripture "line upon line, precept upon precept." We keep learning more as we keep studying with real intent. The role of the savior to bring not only remission of sins, but also to bring power, peace and hope is infinite. The atonement goes so much further than just bridging the gap of sin to allow us to attain life with our father in heaven.
Take the time to truly study out the principles of the gospel in your daily life, if sets all things in the proper perspective.
3 John 1:4
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