"I Love to See the Temple"

Shea and I did an endowment session at the temple on Saturday. And we have made a goal to go to the temple twice a month. Once for endowments and once for sealings or initiatories. Life is so crazy and it can get so busy and our priorities can get blinded by that of the world. But when a temple is so close and so gloriously awaiting us at all times. It would be so sad not to take advantage of the opportunity we have living here in Rexburg. 

"The temple provides purpose for our lives. It brings peace to our souls—not the peace provided by men but the peace promised by the Son of God when He said, 'Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you.'"

I Love to See the Temple

Children’s Songbook, pg. 95

I love to see the temple.

I’m going there someday

To feel the Holy Spirit,

To listen and to pray.

For the temple is a house of God,

A place of love and beauty.

I’ll prepare myself while I am young;

This is my sacred duty.

I love to see the temple.

I’ll go inside someday.

I’ll cov’nant 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 fam’ly is forever

The Washington D.C. temple is on a hill and when you are driving to it, it just appears out of nowhere through the trees! What a beautiful sight it is. I remember non-members from home would call it a castle, when they asked about it.

From almost anywhere in Rexburg I can see the temple, it stands on a hill. A light in darkness and a beacon constantly calling. It is a constant reminder of our Savior's love and the covenants I have made there. The work that we do there is vital to our salvation and to the salvation's of others. 

I love to see the temple.

"How far is heaven?

It’s not very far.

In temples of God,

It’s right where we are."