Temple Bound

As all things that happen when family is scattered, and not within easy distance to reach, it's all over to soon!  it was a wonderful time!  A great 8 days!

More on what we did later...I'm in recovery mode and going to do the best thing possible!- heading to the Temple.  Traveling with the expectation of promised blessings for going to the Temple and this today is in my heart....

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… I am satisfied that when persons go into these temples, they do not [leave] without feeling better and with a determination in their minds to do a little better than they have done. That is the feeling we want the Saints to get. …

… Be faithful, brethren and sisters, and persevering; come to the temple and do your work there, and you will enjoy yourselves, and be better prepared to resist the unpleasantnesses of the world.

Those who [enter the] Temple with a pure heart and a contrite spirit [will] not come out of it without receiving peculiar blessings, although these in some, or possibly many, instances might be different from what some might expect. … Some of the Saints might be looking for the appearance of ministering angels … or expect to behold the face of God. It might not be profitable for you to impart such manifestations. The Lord knows what is best for every individual, and will adapt His gifts for the production of the greatest good to those who receive them. It may be safely anticipated that every faithful Saint who enters that House will receive a blessing that will give much satisfaction to the recipient. Before those who would enter the Temple [leave] it, something [will] arise in their hearts and understanding which [will] be serviceable to them in their future lives. To this, as true Latter-day Saints, they [are] entitled. 

 (this is from lesson 10 in our current manual.  featuring the teachings of President Lorenzo Snow)

Help Available....

Our Temple is closed for a real thorough cleaning/repairing stint and there is still one more week before it reopens.  I love the blessings of the Temple and the feeling of the Temple.  I enjoy the peace of it.  The bonus of help to us as individuals, the promise of help in the solutions to individual problems/struggles makes me eager to go.

My quest for blessings to be obtained by Temple Attendance was posted on April 5, 2012  entitled We Are so Blessed.  some of my very favorite powerful quotes with promised blessings are listed there.  check it out.  Here are a few others.  I don't think I duplicated them below.  We have so much help available in our trek through mortality.

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The temple is a place of revelation. The Lord may here give revelation, and every person may receive revelation to assist him in life. All knowledge, all help come from the Lord, directly or indirectly. Though He may not be there in person, He is there by His Holy Spirit and by earthly men holding the priesthood. By that Spirit they direct the Lord’s work here on earth. Every person who enters this sacred place in faith and prayer will find help in the solution of life’s problems.

                                                                                                --by  John A. Widtsoe

Do we return to the temple often to receive the personal blessings that come from regular temple worship?

...President Ezra Taft Benson 1988

...members of the Church who absent themselves from Temple attendance, where it is possible for them to attend, are denying themselves rich blessings.  

---Elder David B. Haight 1990

As we study the scriptures, we learn that the doctrine of the temple requires...frequent attendance for personal spiritual benefit

---Elder W. Grant Bangerter 1982

A Temple recommend is one of the highest accolades we may receive. To use it regularly permits us to participate in the choicest gifts within the keeping of the Church.  

---Elder A. Theodore Tuttle 1982

One of the great revelations of the Temple to those who go often, is the reality and nearness of the spirit world....We should go to the temple often...But we cannot have it's spirit if we don't go regularly.   

 ---RS Manual 1983  Harold Glen Clark

I promise you that, with increased attendance in the Temples of our God, you shall receive increased personal revelation to bless your lives as you bless those who have died.  

 ---President Ezra Taft Benson 1987

Regular Temple work can provide spiritual strength.  

---Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin 1992

Come to the Temples worthily and regularly.  

---Elder David B. Haight 1992