Saturday, December 07, 2013

           A young man in our ward and his fiancé gave us an invitation to their wedding dinner and celebration and asked Glade if he would officiate the session today preceding their marriage and sealing.  We went a little early to be there and fill his request and enjoyed the experience in an overflow session.  We went to the sealing that followed and loved being there for this cute young couple’s special event.  Watching any sealing takes us back to our own, and also takes me back to the beautiful sealings of each of my children. 

          I read again today the talks from the Women’s Conference in September about how keeping covenants strengthens, empowers, and protects us.  It expresses our commitment to the Savior that might be expressed by these words:  “I’ll go where you want me to go . . . I’ll say what you want me to say . . . I’ll be what you want me to be.”  It would be eye-opening to list all of the covenants we have made—starting with baptism and ending in the temple. 

Remember the story of the 10-year-old boy who hovered near his great grandmother during a family gathering to honor her recently deceased husband.  “Sometimes he was standing behind her, watching over her.  Once . . . his arm [was] linked with hers. . . . [He would] pat her hands, give her little hugs, and stand by her side.”  Even at 10 years old he was keeping his baptism covenants and recognized the Spirit with him. “I felt warm in my heart and felt really good.  I know that it was the Holy Ghost in my heart.”   What great teachers his parents were to prepare him to learn to feel the Spirit and respond.

Another week is finished.  It’s 8:50 p.m., cold, and raining.

These two little girls were waiting while their parents participated
in an endowment session.  After the session,
they were all sealed together as a family for time and eternity