I know I
haven’t written a blog post in awhile and I apologize for that, but yesterday I
had an experience I felt I needed to share. I learned something important and
maybe it can help someone else out there.
I was heading
to the temple feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, and exhausted. I wanted to be at the temple, but after a
busy week I found myself questioning do I
really have time to be here right now? Today is Saturday, A day where I
usually get lots of chores done that I haven’t managed to get to all week. I
also wasn’t feeling great. I woke up that morning with a sore throat and a
heavy head.
As I walked up
to the temple I wanted to be angry and have my own little pity party, but I
couldn’t. When I walked in the temple doors these feeling instantly departed.
God simply would not let me be angry or frustrated in His holy house. Instead those
feelings were replaced with peace and love.
As I was
sitting in the Celestial room at the end of the session I offered a prayer of
gratitude to my loving Heavenly Father for all that He has blessed me with. I
felt a more sincere appreciation for my Savior and I emotionally thanked my
Father for the beautiful gift of His divine Son.
A thought
crossed my mind before I left the temple. When I walked in I was wondering if I
really had time for this. And many times during my busy week I wonder do I
really have time to read my scriptures, pray, attend church or the temple?
Sometimes all those tasks can seem overwhelming. And then I heard these few penetrating
words… do you really have time for me.
In that moment
I couldn’t believe how selfish I was being. After everything Christ endured for
me how could I not make these little sacrifices for Him. And in all reality
these things aren’t sacrifices at all. In fact they are the very things that
tie us to Him. Shouldn’t we all have a desire to better know Him? We are
indebted to Him. Don’t you think He knows what it’s like to feel overwhelmed,
to feel like life is unfair, to hurt, ache, and suffer. The Savior knew who He
was suffering for. He suffered for you and He suffered for me. And although the
Atonement was done for the entire world I know how individual it also was.
Because of His sacrifice He knows us perfectly. I want to do more to know Him
perfectly.
My mission
President once said, “you came to earth to become something, to make something
or yourself, to become like God.” In order to do this we have to better know
and understand God and Jesus Christ. We have to understand how heartbreaking it
was for the Father to send down His only Begotten and to watch Him suffer bleed and die. We have to
understand how the Savior was prepared and willing
to pay the price so that we can become better, so that we can become like
God. The Savior had every reason to quit;
yet when all odds were against Him, He endured. He drunk the bitter cup. He did it for us. He did not give up because He knew how much each and everyone
of us would need Him.
I learned in
the temple yesterday that I need to make a greater effort to put God and Jesus
Christ first in my life because when we do life is oh so good. I felt Him
yesterday stronger than I have in awhile. I felt His pure love. I felt how real
His sacrifice is. I felt His courage to leave His home above to redeem us.
I love Him. I cannot adequately express how much I love Him, and I cannot fully
understand the great love He has for us.
Are you
working each day to improve your relationship with Him, or is He calling out to
you don’t
you have time for me?
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