Seminars of the spirit!

"It is a hope that through the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the power of His resurrection, we shall be raised unto life eternal and this because of our faith in the Savior." -President Dieter F. Uchtdorf (October 2008, The infinite power of Hope)

          This weekend was quite uplifting..no pictures with this post, but hopefully you get some spiritual nourishment as we have this weekend. We had quite a privilege of attending a sealing this weekend at the salt lake temple. This young couple had been married a year civilly and they have a beautiful little girl. While we sat in this little room enveloped in the spirit we listened to some things the sealer said to this beautiful little couple. He began talking about the priesthood power on earth today and what a blessed time we live in due to the blessings we can receive from the priesthood. Ordinances such as baptism, receiving the gift of the holy ghost, the endowment (received in the temple), and celestial marriage. When he reached the part about celestial marriage he paused and said "as much as this pains me to say, the marriage you had prior to this was for time only. However, you are about to receive through the priesthood power the gift and great blessing of being sealed to your eternal companion for time and all eternity." When the sealer mentioned this my brain froze on the great privilege and blessing of being with my best friend for time and all eternity. That in and of itself is worth all the trials this life has to offer. He then continued to speak of how we need the savior in all we do, our hopes and dreams within the gospel are achieved with faith in Jesus Christ. If we do not have the faith everything we do within the gospel of Jesus Christ of latter day saints is done in vain. I found this to be an interesting thought, but as my mind wandered I knew that he what he said was true. Lastly the special privilege we had of seeing this little family be sealed!
           Today was a great day as well. We went to our home ward for the second time and were so grateful to be in a ward with such wonderful people! It is nice to walk into a ward and feel like you are home and part of a big family who we are already learning so much from! We are very glad to know that we are on a good path, and that the path we are on is gently watched over by our father in heaven!