MOMENTS TO REMEMBER AND A LESSON LEARNED

RECENTLY I HAD A VERY EMOTIONAL TRIP TO THE TEMPLE. AS ONE OF THE YOUNG WOMAN PRESIDENCY I AM THE ONE WHO USALLY GOES ON THE TEMPLE TRIPS WITH THE GIRLS, THIS TIME WAS NO DIFFERENT UNTIL THE WEEK BEFORE CLAYTON TOLD ME WE WERE GOING TO DRIVE OVER EARLY AND DO A SESSION BEFORE THE BAPTISMS. NORMALLY I WOULD BE ALL FOR THAT, BUT THIS TIME WAS DIFFENT, I FELT THIS SURGE OF PANIC RUN THRU ME AT THE THOUGHT OF DOING A SESSION. I KNOW NOT THE NORMAL FEELING ABOUT THE TEMPLE AND A SESSION, BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHY I HAD THIS FEELING. IN OCTOBER WE WENT WITH SOME FRIENDS TO BE SEALED, IT WAS WONDERFUL FOR THEY HAD WORKED SO HARD TO OVER COME THIER PROBLEMS AND GET TO THIS DAY THE SPIRIT WAS SO VERY STRONG. I FELT WONDERFUL WHILE WE WERE WAITING I TEMPLE WORKER CAME IN A ASKED IF ANY OF US SISTERS HAD A HUSBAND HERE AND I SAID THAT I DID AND SO CLAYTON AND I WERE THE WITNESS COUPLE. WHAT ANOTHER PERFECT THING TO GO ALONG WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT FILLED DAY. WE HAD OUR MOM THIER GOOD FRIENDS AND WAYNE AND NANCY. AS THINGS WENT ON IT WAS WONDERFUL AS IT SHOULD BE. WELL I GOT TO A POINT THAT I NEEDED HELP FROM ONE OF THE TEMPLE WORKERS AND TO SAY SHE WAS MEAN AND RUDE WOULD NOT BEGIN TO DESCRIBE WHAT SHE DID TO ME. I WILL NOT BE SPECIFIC BUT IT WAS AWEFUL AND THAT IS ONE PLACE THAT YOU DON'T EXPECT TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN. SO BACK TO MY PANIC ATTACK. CLAYTON WANTED SO BADLY TO DO A SESSION AND I DID NOT FOR THE FEAR IN MY HEART WAS PARALYZING. BUT WE GOT TO THE TEMPLE AND I WENT AND DID A SESSION WITH CLAY WELL IT WAS SO FULL THAT I COULDN'T EVEN TELL IF HE WAS IN THE SESSION UNTIL THE VERY END. I WAS SO NERVOUS AND UPSET THAT I CHEWED A WHOLE IN MY LIP AND BALLED THROUGH THE WHOLE ENTIRE SESSION. BUT THERE WAS MY HUSBAND WAITING FOR ME WITH SO MUCH LOVE IN HIS HEART AND IN HIS EYES. HE JUST HELD ME AND I CRIED. I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU GET BUCKED OFF YOU HAVE TO GET RIGHT BACK ON BUT THAT IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE. BUT I DID IT. THE REST OF THE DAY WAS BEAUTIFUL. AND WE ALREADY ARE SCHEDULED FOR ANOTHER SESSION ON THE 31ST OF THIS MONTH. SATAN TRIED TO WORK ON ME BUT THANKS TO THE LOVE AND SUPPORT THAT I HAVE FROM MY HUSAND AND HEAVENLY FATHER I WAS ABLE TO TREAD THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT TIME. SO I WANT ALL OF YOU TO KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT THIS CHURCH IS TRUE AND THAT HEAVENLY FATHER KNOWS US AND KNOWS WHAT WE NEED IN OUR LIVES. HE HEARS US AND WHAT IS IN OUR HEARTS AND NEVER GIVES US MORE THAN WE CAN HANDLE. SOMETIMES IT SEEMS THAT WAY. BUT IT IS NOT.I AM SO BLESSED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. I LOVE THIS GOSPEL AND THE THINGS IT TEACHES ME AND BRINGS TO MY LIFE. I KNOW MY REDEMEER LIVES AND LOVES ME. I WISH ALL OF YOU LOVE AND HAPPINESS IN YOUR LIVES. AND PEACE IN YOUR HEARTS. IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO REALIZE WHAT MY TREASURE IS........ SEE 3NEPHI 13:21