The
words of President Benson really resonated with me this week. I was
blessed to be born into the covenant and raised by parents that have stayed
true to the covenants and commandments. Even though I had been taught
my whole life about the gospel one thing that was brought up by President
Benson I had never realized;
Only in the temple, and through the temple ordinances can a man receive
the fullness of the gospel, and only there can a man and woman make the
covenant that will allow them to achieve the highest degree of glory. It
makes everything we do in there even more significant. All that we by
proxy is to allow others the opportunity to achieve the highest glory in
the Priesthood. When I am in the temple I always think of how I am
allowing someone to have a choice they otherwise wouldn’t have but to
realize that it goes beyond the choice and is allowing them to progress
to the fullness of the Priesthood adds more depth and importance.
I have been lucky to have callings surrounding Family History, and
to gain a testimony of then importance of the work and the blessing it
is. When I was called as the indexing teacher in my singles ward we
had a quote from Elder Scott about the blessings of this work.
“Do you young people want a sure way to eliminate the influence of
the adversary in your life? Immerse yourself in searching for your
ancestors, prepare their names for the sacred vicarious ordinances
available in the temple, and then go to the temple to stand as proxy
for them to receive the ordinances of baptism and the gift of the
Holy Ghost.”
This was a tremendous strength to me in my life to know that doing
this work would help protect me from the adversary. The world today
is literally exploding with people wanting to find their genealogy,
people want to know their histories and this for many is a stepping
stone into their divine history. We are witnessing the promise of Elijah
of our hearts turning and the work of the Lord moving forward.
blessed to be born into the covenant and raised by parents that have stayed
true to the covenants and commandments. Even though I had been taught
my whole life about the gospel one thing that was brought up by President
Benson I had never realized;
“To enter into the order
of the Son of God is the equivalent today of
entering into the fullness
of the Melchizedek Priesthood, which fullness
is only received in the
House of the Lord.”
Only in the temple, and through the temple ordinances can a man receive
the fullness of the gospel, and only there can a man and woman make the
covenant that will allow them to achieve the highest degree of glory. It
makes everything we do in there even more significant. All that we by
proxy is to allow others the opportunity to achieve the highest glory in
the Priesthood. When I am in the temple I always think of how I am
allowing someone to have a choice they otherwise wouldn’t have but to
realize that it goes beyond the choice and is allowing them to progress
to the fullness of the Priesthood adds more depth and importance.
I have been lucky to have callings surrounding Family History, and
to gain a testimony of then importance of the work and the blessing it
is. When I was called as the indexing teacher in my singles ward we
had a quote from Elder Scott about the blessings of this work.
“Do you young people want a sure way to eliminate the influence of
the adversary in your life? Immerse yourself in searching for your
ancestors, prepare their names for the sacred vicarious ordinances
available in the temple, and then go to the temple to stand as proxy
for them to receive the ordinances of baptism and the gift of the
Holy Ghost.”
This was a tremendous strength to me in my life to know that doing
this work would help protect me from the adversary. The world today
is literally exploding with people wanting to find their genealogy,
people want to know their histories and this for many is a stepping
stone into their divine history. We are witnessing the promise of Elijah
of our hearts turning and the work of the Lord moving forward.
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