Tuesday, June 25, 2013

          This was a slow morning with fewer people than we usually see come to the temple.  The less hectic pace allows us time to look around and take in the beautiful surroundings we are blessed with every day.  The paintings are marvelous and most include the Savior.  The designs and artwork in the ceiling borders and on the walls add so much to the aura of the rooms and hallways.  The intricate glass-work on the huge windows creates magic with the penetrating light and makes it dance in dozens of directions.  I noticed today while walking in an empty hallway that it always feels very sacred within those walls.

          Having to get up early in the morning creates a stressful sleep pattern.  Knowing it will be a short night and worrying about the alarm not working always make it hard to get to sleep.  So, we are both sleep-deprived today.  However, exercising and house-keeping kept me busy enough this afternoon to not nap.  Tonight should be better!

          We were asked to share our favorite scripture last night at FHE.  Glade gave one for both of us and it is Moroni 7:45-47 about charity.  So this is the thought for the day: 

          “45.  And charity suffereth long, and is kind and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

          “46.  Wherefore, my beloved brethren, if ye have not charity, ye are nothing, for charity never faileth.  Wherefore, cleave unto charity, which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail—

          “47.  But charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him.”