September 25th 2014

I am sitting in the quiet of my own home.  I love the silence, as I sit here I have come to understand how important our lives are and yet we seem to hurry through them, instead of sitting back and taking time to really cherish each moment.  Cherish moments with our family, cherish moments that make us laugh with them, cherish moments that make us cry with them and cherish moments that bring the spirit of our Father in Heaven so strong in our family that we wonder if He might be sitting right beside us. At a special Priesthood meeting called by our stake president, the temple president told an amazing story.  A lady had written him about the fires that raged through the hills a couple of years ago, my brothers small shed was burned, his family had many fond memories up there.  A lot of people lost there cabins, but this lady was in the temple at the time.  When she went to her home that was in the mountains it was still standing.  She prayed and wondered why her home was spared. That night she had a dream, in the dream she saw hundreds of people holding hands circling her home and property.  In the dream it was made know to her that these people were the people she had done temple work for and they were all there to help her because of the temple work she had done for them. I know that the people who have gone on to the other side are right by us concerned for us and helping us. I have felt that so many times. My children are circled about by angels because of  temple work, these angels help them make the right choice in everything they do. There are so  many wonderful people who are our family and ancestors that care about each of us. It isn't all about my children's choices it is about generations of wonderful people who are hoping and praying for us because we effect many lives, many generations back and many generations forward. Everything we do there will be an eternal consequence that is why it is so important to include family when making a choice. Some have been on this earth a very long time and they know what is best for us.  That is why we have a living prophet and many apostles, because they know what is best for us, they have lived through so much and they understand so much.  We shouldn't be listening to anyone else expect those wonderful men whom the Lord put on this earth. Because other people can twist things so that it really sounds good but we need to understand that the prophet and apostles and parents are the only voice of reason for us.  Families are forever and they are put on this earth for us, the family is of God.