In LDS Temples, sacred ordinances are performed for ourselves and for those that came before us. To learn more about why Latter-Day Saints build temples click here.
In December, I started working at the Bountiful LDS Temple. Recently, I went to the temple to start my shift, after being turned down for yet another job I had interviewed for; I felt frustrated and my self worth was slowly declining to the point I almost didn’t go to the temple. I forced myself to smile and made my way into the temple to begin working.
I began assisting an elderly woman in a wheel chair, I became extremely concerned she would not be able to complete the ordinance when a quote from Elder Jeffery R Holland entered my mind, “…loved ones whom we knew, to have disabilities in mortality, will stand before us [at the resurrection] glorified and grand; breathtakingly perfect in body and mind.”
I admit it, tears were running down my cheek when it became clear to me that God is not concerned with our education or experience in the corporate world. In the temple, no one is better than another; we are all working together to complete His will.
Why did I need to learn this? I honestly don't know for sure, maybe to help ease the stress I was facing. That's the cool part of going to the temple- you get to leave the stress of the world behind you.
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