Complete.
The past three days we focused on being like our Savior and coming to Christ.
"As we strengthen our testimonies of the Savior, we recognize God' love and strive to be examples of the believers."
We seek after these things. These things being the words of the 13th Article of Faith.
It was amazing to see my group, as well as the other groups, work together and get to know each other.
To learn about each other and to strengthen each others testimonies.
We played together.
We danced together.
We served the Lord and our community together.
but most of all, we learned together.
We learned of the love that our Heavenly Father and his Savior really have for us. We learned that we are not alone. That there is always someone there for us and by seeking after such things we can go to the temple. We can have pure happiness with our families and be with them for forever.
What a blessing that is.
I love to see the temple. I am going there some day. The temple is the most sacred, most beautiful place here on this earth. You can always learn new things in the temple. It will always teach you what is true and that feeling you feel there is what we always want to feel like. Hope, Love, Peace, Happiness. That is what the gospel has to offer. Having the gospel in our lives and the temple in focus. The temple as our goal, will get us to where we are supposed to be.
We can make it to the temple by following the guidelines that have been given us. By seeking after these things. By searching, pondering, and praying about the scriptures. By being a good and righteous example. By following our examples. Those people put here on this earth to lead and guide us. To help us along the way. With Christ being the ultimate example.
"Just as our Redeemer gave his life as a vicarious sacrifice for all men, and in so doing became our Savior, even so we, in a small measure, when we engage in proxy work in the temple, become as Saviors to those on the other side." -President Gordon B. Hinckley
We can still be like our Savior, for not only people still living today, but for those who have passed on.
We are sacrificing our time and giving our service to those spirits. When we go to the temple, we are serving our Heavenly Father and his son Jesus Christ. We are showing that we care about other people and we want to help them make it back home. Just like our Savior did for us. He paved the way for us to get back to him.
Be worthy of the temple. To live righteously so you can be comfortable in the House of the Lord and in our Saviors presence. So we can be better examples. So we can be like him. So we can help others on this journey.
"I urge our people everywhere, with all of the persuasiveness of which I am capable, to live worthy to hold a temple recommend, to secure one and regard it as a precious asset, and to make a greater effort to go to the House of the Lord and partake of the spirit and the blessings to be had therein." -President Gordon B. Hinckley
I am so grateful for the people I have been able to communicate with and get to know over this adventure. How great it was for me to meet new people and to grow friendships. You touched my life in ways you will probably never know. Thank you for your examples. Thanks for standing up for what you believe in and showing who you truly are.
Thank you to the boy who stands up and bares his testimony and encourages others to bare there testimonies. Thank you for being the example, for setting the standard.
We all played a part.
We all made it happen.
And together, we truly are/can be Examples of the Believers.
We Seek after These Things.
Love, Madeliene.
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