Purposeless Days

Last night at our wards Relief Society Birthday celebration we had the Temple Construction Missionaries come speak to us. The couple was very nice and informative. The wife gave a short devotional and then the husband stood to answer our questions. I felt the spirit more than I thought I would and was grateful for it. The wife seemed to be speaking right to me. I was so glad to get out of the house on my own. The kids have had really bad colds this week and I have gotten no peaceful quiet time to myself and very little sleep. It has been so fun and lovely to watch the Temple come alive before our eyes.

This picture is a composite of what it will look like when every thing is complete.



One of the big things that stood out to me when the wife was speaking was how she related the temple construction to how we should live our lives. She had many points, but one struck me as very personal after this week.

"Can we not be thankful for a "purposeful life" even when we have a seemingly purposeless day."

Then she said, "They didn't pour the foundation of the Temple and then paint the Celestial room. There were a thousand steps in between and each one was important."

This whole week has been purposeless in my point of view. I haven't gotten anything really done and I feel that if I was a good mom I would be accomplishing more with my life and my children's. It was nice to hear that each day is important in building an eternal family even when the day seems to have no purpose at all.

*Some cool things we learned about the Temple is that it has a tentative dedication date of early fall and the grounds are going to have fruit bearing trees: pear, peach, apple, cherry, and apricot. It is going to be so beautiful and a blessing to so many.