"Peace I leave with you..."

While driving home one night I looked out my car window and saw the beautiful Mt Timpanogos Temple shining brightly in the distance.  It got me thinking about how the existence of Temples, the work done within there walls and even the requirements needing to be met to enter the Temple doors -- are such a helpmate in our lives.

We are so blessed and are so grateful for the blessings and opportunities the Temple provides.  As an Eternal Family we have a security that this world cannot provide.  We are able to see things with more hope, with more love, and with more belief.  Doing work in the Temples, and even just seeing them as a beacon of light on a dark night, we have the assurance that we are not alone and that there IS a Heavenly Father to guide us and bless us.

President Thomas S. Monson said, "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.” (Oct. 2010)

I am so grateful for the peace I feel as I attend the Temple, and as I ponder the work that is done there.  I hope there will be a day that I will be able to greet those sweet sisters, who I have been able to be in some way a part of their eternal journey, and thank them for the opportunity it is to do their ordinance work.