The Temple is a place that we can go to find answers, to find peace, and to learn about our Heavenly Father and His eternal plan for each and every one of us, his children. It is a place where we make sacred covenants, where we can become Eternal Families, and where we can help our ancestors accept the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
President Thomas S. Monson said this about the blessings of the Temple:
“As we go to the holy house, as we remember the covenants we make therein, we will be able to bear every trial and overcome each temptation. 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: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.’”
President Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, described additional blessings of attending the temple:
“When members of the Church are troubled or when crucial decisions weigh heavily upon their minds, it is a common thing for them to go to the temple. It is a good place to take our cares. In the temple we can receive spiritual perspective. There, during the time of the temple service, we are ‘out of the world.’
“Sometimes our minds are so beset with problems, and there are so many things clamoring for attention at once that we just cannot think clearly and see clearly. At the temple the dust of distraction seems to settle out, the fog and the haze seem to lift, and we can ‘see’ things that we were not able to see before and find a way through our troubles that we had not previously known.
“The Lord will bless us as we attend to the sacred ordinance work of the temples. Blessings there will not be limited to our temple service. We will be blessed in all of our affairs”
I'm thankful for the opportunity to go to the Temple and learn more about Jesus Christ and our Father in Heaven. Whenever I am in the Temple, I feel the Spirit so strongly. It has helped my faith and understanding grow so much. I'm so excited to witness people who have been converted go through the temple and make sacred covenants. I'm excited for the day after I return from serving my God that I can enter into the Temple and be sealed for time and all eternity to my family.
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