He told me that I have to go to the Temple and pray and read my patriarchal blessing...
I was at first thinking I don't have time, but my friend said I had to... it would make me feel better... and I so I went to the temple... As I was sitting there in front of the doors of the baptisms and I saw a bunch of students going in and I asked if they had a baptismal appt. I recognized one of the girls and we were chatting....
I got this feeling that I should join them in the baptisms... I thought to myself I don't have time," orchid just pray, feel better and LEAVE you have tons to do... "
Well I remembered how I have been getting the feeling to follow prompting... SO I did... I followed the prompting and went ahead and joined them for baptisms!
As I sat there I read my patriarchal blessing and it kind of made me feel good to know the things that I will be blessed with if I make sure and follow my Heavenly Father.... I then decided to start reading the Book of Mormon. I started reading Ether 2 and in Ether 2 if you go to the last verse :
Ether 2:25, " ANd behold, I prepare you against these things; for ye cannot cross this great deep save I prepare you against the waves of the sea, and the winds which have gone forth, and the floods which shall come. Therefore what will ye that I should prepare for you that ye may have light when ye are swallowed up in the depths of the sea?"
I learned from that scripture and the story of Ether 2 that I can't live life without my Heavenly Father. I need him, only he can get me through the storm, he'll be my breathe of life from the hole of the barge, and he will be my light in the dark, just as he was blessing the brother of Jared. Oh I love the Scriptures...
I left feeling amazing... I felt so much better... I love the Temple and I have such a great testimony of it... I can't wait until I am able to receive my endowments, I know I will LOVE it and be so excited to go to sessions all the time! I love the Temple and I want to spend my life preparing for it and living as if I am already endowed so that nothing will stop me when it is time to go for myself! Oh how I LOVE the TEMPLE!!!
3 comments:
Orchid i love you! in the few days that i got to know you, you really are one of my big examples now- i really do look up to you. YOu are amazing and i want to be more like you!
love you,
Dakota
ORCHID! I totally agree! I used to go to the temple 1-2 times a week just because it was such an amazing experience. You leave feeling so happy and light. I need to go more these days. But i am sorry you were upset! I love you and i know that Heavenly Father really loves you and is so incredibly proud of you! You are beautiful and sweet and really lookiing back i am constantly in awe of you! You have so much strength it's amazing. DOn't forget you are wonderful, ever!
great post. it's great that you took the time to write out your experience. we receive so much light from heavenly father, and sometimes we forget it when we get get down in life--but writing it down kind of etches it into our character forever--partly because it helps us remember it.
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