temples

I'm thankful for temples - Alex & I had the opportunity to go to the Denver Temple this morning. It's a special place - we got married here just over 9 years ago. I'm grateful for the significance of our temple marriage, for all that means. Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints stand as a testimony of the immortality of the soul. I love this quote by President Hinckley:

“Every temple that this Church has built has in effect stood as a monument to our belief in the immortality of the human soul, that this phase of mortal life through which we pass is part of a continuous upward climb, so to speak, and that as certain as there is life here, there will be life there. That is our firm belief. It comes about through the Atonement of the Savior, and the temple becomes, as I have indicated, the bridge from this life to the next. The temple is concerned with things of immortality. We wouldn’t have to build a temple for marriages if we didn’t believe in the eternity of the family. We build it so the family may be eternal. All of the ordinances which take place in the house of the Lord become expressions of our belief in that fundamental and basic doctrine. The temple therefore becomes the ultimate in our system of worship and therefore is of great and significant importance to us” (interview with Vern Anderson of the Associated Press, 20 Apr. 1999). There's also a good talk here.

For Alex and me, this is where it all started.