Today I really felt that I should write about the temple, and what we have been told about how important our attendance is, by the leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Isn’t it amazing that temples are becoming more and more assessable. When I was born in 1968, yes, I am old! Anyway, there were only 13 temples around the world. In1987, the year that I graduated from high school, there were 41. When my son was born in 1993 there were 45. In 2000, when my daughter was born, it shot up to 102! Four years later, when my youngest was born, 117 temples were on the earth. As of October 2022, there are 168 operating temples and another 68 announced, 41 under construction and five undergoing renovations.
Our current president, and prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Russell M. Nelson, has announced 118 temples just since 2018! Can you believe that? Just in my lifetime, 155 more temples dot the earth, and more to come! What an amazing time to be alive! It’s just amazing to hear all the temples announced in each general conference! The work is indeed hastening on both sides of the vail! What a blessing it is to be a part of that hastening!
There are specific promised blessings associated with attending the temple on a consistent basis. We have also been told that we will learn things in the temple that we can only learn there.
I would like to go through these promised blessings and share with you some of my personal experiences and testimony of attending the temple. I would LOVE to hear from you all and your testimonies as well.