Purpose and Peace

PURPOSE 

Today in Relief Society (the women's segment of church for all women 18 and up) we talked about proclaiming the gospel and HOW we could do that. I had the idea to talk about the gospel of Jesus Christ more on my blog.

For one, my local and church wide leaders have asked me, and all members of the LDS (Mormon church) to share the gospel with their neighbors, friends, and family. I have made a covenant with God to obey Him and I know that their words are His words. (see Amos 3:7 and Doctrine and Covenants 1:38)

Two, the gospel is a very integral piece of who I am and my life. I started this blog to openly share about how the gospel of Jesus Christ helps me and my family through the ups and downs of life: so, I should actually do that!

Three, I have been given so much knowledge and useful information about how to obtain peace and happiness in this life. Jesus Christ shared all that information because He loves is. How selfish I would be to keep all that sunshine bottled up and locked away from the world.

So with those reasons why, I'm going to talk about the gospel more on this blog. So let it be written, so let it be done.

PEACE 

These questions were raised in Relief Society today:

When was a time where you felt complete peace?
What principle of the gospel were you living?

My sister got sealed to the love of her life in the Idaho Falls temple the first of last month. It was my first time seeing someone else get sealed in the temple. (For information on what I mean by "sealing" please see this link.)

I felt peace being in the temple. I felt the love of God and the love of my family. The Holy Ghost testified to me about the purpose of life, the eternal nature of the family, and my mission of motherhood. 

I felt that I had eternal worth and that I was doing what God wants me to do. I felt the love of Jesus Christ and the power of the Atonement soften my heart such that I felt sorry for the poor way I'd treated my sister and judged her in the past, a deep desire to change the way I treat her and make our relationship better, and a reassurance that my wrong doings could be washed away and forgotten and I could receive forgiveness, both through the power of Jesus Christ.

I think I felt these things not only because I was in the House of God, but because I am living the way Heavenly Father wants me to live: I keep my covenants and I am temple worthy. I'm not perfect and I don't obey with exactness, but I'm working on it.

I have a testimony that temples are the House of God where questions are answered, peace and love are felt, and Christ's sacred work of building the kingdom of God is done. I believe in Jesus Christ and His saving, cleansing and healing power. I believe that because He was resurrected I will be too and receive a perfect body. I believe that families can be together forever and that if I and my family remain faithful to God and our covenants, we will be together forever. I know God speaks to all mankind, through His servants and through the Holy Spirit. I know that we have a prophet who guides God's children to the path that will bring them back to Him. I feel the Holy Ghost in my life helping me be a mother, giving me comfort and peace, and testifying truth to my heart. I believe that the Church of Jesus Christ is one true church on the earth today complete with all the doctrine, ordinances, covenants, and authority that existed in the original church Christ established when He was on the earth.

I say this in His name, AMEN.

-Cool Mamma