Laura Temple Mission

 Susan Brough spoke in sacrament meeting today.  Her talk was about the temple and being "recommended to the Lord".  

She shared the following experience.  Her daughter Laura submitted mission papers and was called to serve in Italy.  She had two months to get ready which isn't a lot of time.  She was also dating someone fairly seriously.  One day Susan was talking to her sister on the phone about Laura's upcoming mission.  After she got off, Laura told her she wasn't going to go.  She was going to stay home and marry the person she was dating.  Susan was worried, as she could tell that marrying that young man wasn't a good idea for Laura.  The next day, Laura came home and said she was tired and was going to lie down.  Susan told her that she and her husband were going to go to the temple.  They went and had a beautiful evening at the temple.  The next day, Laura came and told Susan that she had a sleepless night before.  She knew they went to the temple because they were worried for her and she said she had prayed and wrestled, trying to figure out what to do.  And the Spirit let her know that she should serve a mission.  So she prepared and went.  Her mission was challenging, but it strengthened her testimony and really set a good foundation for the rest of her life.  And Susan bore testimony that we receive strength, power, protection and peace in the temple.

Listening to Susan's talk, I want to do all in my power to always be "recommended to the Lord".  I don't ever want there to be something that keeps me away from the temple (or even more importantly from the Lord).  I want to be prepared so that when the temple reopens (hopefully soon), I can be there often.The temple means so much to me.  The Savior and the gospel mean everything to me.  I want to always be worthy and ready.

LESSONS LEARNED:  

Temples are places to receive strength, guidance, protection, peace and help for those we love.

We should always be "recommended to the Lord"  (Elder Rasband) and carry a current temple recommend.

Live worthily.  

I am SO BLESSED to live in a time and place where it is usually easy to go to the temple often.