Inspiring

I was going to start blogging about the articles of faith, but yesterday I had such a great spiritual day that I am going to postpone the 2nd article of faith. First, of all I went to the temple yesterday. As we walked in one of the sweet temple workers said, "it is a difficult world out there; thank you for living worthy to attend the temple." The Washington DC temple has a front entrance that has walking bridge over the the main part of the temple. As we were walking on that indoor walking bridge I was thinking about that statement and how I was crossing into a better place. Some may find it exclusive or unfair that only members of our church are allowed in our temples. As I was walking back to the main portion of the temple I thought about how wonderful it felt to be admitted into this sanctuary. Where a level of spiritual purity is required prior to entering. Everytime you walk into one of our temples you are asked for your temple recommend. In order to get the recommend you have to be interviewed and found worthy to enter. Essentially, everytime you hand them your recommend you are saying, "I am living in such a way that I am prue enough to enter." This is not to say that I don't have a LONG way to go and a lot to improve on, but I am at least to a level that I can leave the difficult world outside and come into this super spiritual zone.

During the session I was thinking about many different ways to improve myself. I had settled on a few and was ready to move forward. THEN, I went to the General Relief Society broadcast and they reaffirmed some of the things I had been comtemplating. If you want to hear an inspiring, spiritual giant of a woman listen to Julie Beck talk about what relief society is for.

The three main parts that she outlined (as I remember them) are:

1. Increase in Faith and personal righteousness-I think I have pretty well discussed this in previous posts on my desire to increase my faith. I really do want to know more about my Heavenly Father and increase my faith in him.

2. Strengthen home and family-I believe that families are one of the most important aspects of life on earth. Now that I have finished school, I know that my next step is to increase the size of my family. This actually is a very scary concept for me (but also very exciting depending on the day). I am working on coming around to it and understanding my role as a woman, hopefully, will include being a mother and bringing children into this world and teaching them about Heavenly Father and helping them live up to their potential.

3. Serve the Lord's Children-As I have stated in previous posts, I believe that God is a loving, caring God and he wants to take care of all of his children. I believe that when somebody says a prayer, they are heard and He wants to help them and answer them. I believe that we can be an instrument for God to help others if we look for ways to serve.