I Love to See the Temple

Yesterday, I was having a really bad day due to some family conflicts.  I had literally been verbally rejected, and it had really hurt  my heart.  So I laid around crying and thought, "there is no way I'm going to feel better."  I thought about how I had felt Saturday night when Sean and I did a session in the Bountiful temple.  I knew I needed to go there.  I got dressed and faced my fears by going to the SLC temple.  I hate driving in downtown Salt Lake, and the temple is so big, it scares me.  So Sean and I always just go to the Bountiful temple because it is familiar to me and we don't have the headache of parking.  Immediately peace washed over me as I entered the Conference Center parking lot.  I had really felt a difference. 

I brought my camera and my temple bag and I walked on temple grounds.  There was still an ache in my heart, but it didn't feel as bad.  I walked to the temple and entered with confidence.  I had to ask for instructions and directions again and again as I was looking for my way.  After I did some inititories, I went and sat in the Celestial room for an hour.  I pondered the love of God and His gift of Jesus Christ.  I then got to tour parts of the temple and found the room where Sean and I were sealed for time and eternity.  I just stood outside the room for several minutes.  Memories filled my heart of my love for Sean.  In that very room, I was sealed to Sean Willardson.  It was that room, that had begun the greatest adventure of my life. 

My parents were married in the Salt Lake City temple and also my grandparents.  I know that families can be together forever.

I then walked around temple grounds for a half hour and captured these dazzling pictures on my awesome camera.

I hope that one day I will be able to have children, and in primary they will sing, "I love to see the temple.  I’ll go inside someday.  I’ll covenant with my Father; I’ll promise to obey.  For the temple is a holy place where we are sealed together.  As a child of God, I’ve learned this truth:  A family is forever."

I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints is true.  And I am so grateful to be born and raised a part of it.  A family is forever.