I love to see the temple!

Sunday I gave a lesson on the temple and the 'Living Waters' that flow from it's doors. It really made me reflect on how well I take advantage of the powers of heaven we receive by serving in the temple. A good friend of mine has been a blessing in this regard. He has helped me realize how much I NEED the temple. I need to go not to just 'fill my quota' or to 'get on the good list', but I truly need it. I need the strength and power it gives me to carry on in this life. I need the spirit it gives me to help know when I can bless the lives of others. I need the peace it brings when I feel like things are spiraling out of control. I need to feel that love of God that comes by serving in His holy house. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not perfect at all this. There are times I go just to go, or fall asleep or run into steel bars (long, but funny story), but every time I go I gain a greater love for that holy ground and sacred building. Bit by bit, visit by visit, name by name, I become more like my Savior. And that is ultimately what I need to focus on and what I need to be happy in this life and in the life to come.

Russell M. Nelson said "...each holy temple stands as a symbol of our membership of the church, as our sign of our faith in life after death, and as a sacred step toward eternal glory for us and our eternal families."

So to help our family focus on the temple my wife asked me to take a picture of the temple to hang in our home. It is a wonderful reminder to me, my wife, and my children to live a 'temple centered life'. And to share and help others, even if just a little, to make the temple part of their home, I am offering the image below to anyone who would like it...for free! I will even customize it with any text you would like. Just email me at 'beensogood@gmail.com' with the size you would like, any text requests and I will send you the file to print off. We printed our 16x20 copy at good ol' Sam's Club and it turned out just great.

And to finish off, I encourage you to watch this video from Mormon Messages.

p.s. For those of you who would like a picture of other temples I apologize, Logan is all I've got right now. But stay tuned, you will likely see other temples pop up now and then. I think I need to go on a temple trip!