5/7/2012

Spiritual thought this week is to think about our covenants that we have made in the temple! I want to share with you two quotes from Elder Jensen from the presidency of the seventy, and Elder Christofferson when they were here in November. I was reading through what they said and I want to share it with you. Elder Jensen said ¨I govern my life by the covenants I have made.¨ And Elder Christofferson said ¨commandments are for those who cannot make and keep temple covenants.¨ WOW. I would like to live my life like those two men! I have a long road ahead to develop that kind of obedience, but I can start now! God gave us commandments for the people who cannot keep and make the covenants in the temple. If we keep our covenants that we made as we took out our endowment, we have no need to focus on keeping the base commandments: we will live at such a higher level! It is hard to imagine how great spirits those two men have, but there is no reason that we cannot achieve the same self control and understanding that they have! As a family, we should start working on that! Chris will be taking out his endowment by the end of this year, and we will have great responsibilities as a family! I know that the Lord has great things in store for us and we have the wonderful privilege of helping others come unto Christ!