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The Light of the Temple

 It was a late foggy night in December of 2012.  I was on my way home from the NICU in Layton, UT driving back to North Salt Lake.  It was extremely hard to see the road.  Plus the fact, I was tired.  

Hope was my 5th child and another c-section.  I had complications through her whole pregnancy, but she made it safely and with the help of the NICU was learning how to eat.  I drove up every night to see her and hold her!  But because of my young children at home I couldn't ever go till after 8 pm.  So by the time I was driving home it was always around 11 pm at night.  If you know me at all, this is way past my bed time.

The fog was so heavy that you couldn't see but a few yards in front of you.  As I continued down Legacy Highway, I began to see the light of the Bountiful Temple.  It was an beautiful sight!  I couldn't make out the actually temple, but I could see the light and it was a beacon of hope to me in the dark night I was traveling on.  I knew that as long as I could see the light of the temple I was safe.





That was 8 years ago and now we live in a very dark world.  We are trying to live in the heavy fog.  There is commotion and distractions all around us.  It's easy to lose our focus and our way.  

We aren't getting to go to the temple because they are closed down with the pandemic or on limited use.  But the light is still there!

Elder Ronald A Rasband taught us in his last general conference talk Recommended to the Lord that "Being worthy to attend the temple, however, has not been suspended....you need a current temple recommend to stay firmly on the covenant path."

The light of the temple comes because what it stands for.  The temple is the Lord's house on the earth.  It is a place to be in his presence and to commune more clearly with Him.  It is a place to receive His power to give us the strength to make it through this life.

We can seek that light of the temple in our daily lives and be given the hope that we need to make it safely through the fog.

The temple has always been a place of refuge for me!  It has always lifted my burdens and help receive the courage to move forward!  It is my light in the darkness because I seek Christ when I am there!


What does the temple mean to you?  What have you been doing in your life to still feel the peace of the temple?  

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