Sunday, November 18, 2012

Thankful Day 18 - The Temple


I am so grateful for the blessings of the temple in my life.  Last night, Christopher and I had the opportunity to help with the cleaning of the temple.  My task was to clean all of the mirrors in the men's and women's locker rooms.  As I was cleaning and catching glimpses of myself, my thoughts wandered to verses in Alma chapter 5:

 14 And now behold, I ask of you, my brethren of the church, have ye aspiritually been bborn of God? Have ye received his image in your countenances? Have ye experienced this mighty cchange in your hearts?
 15 Do ye exercise faith in the redemption of him who acreated you? Do you look forward with an eye of faith, and view this mortal body raised in immortality, and this corruption braised in incorruption, to stand before God to be cjudged according to the deeds which have been done in the mortal body?
 16 I say unto you, can you imagine to yourselves that ye hear the voice of the Lord, saying unto you, in that day: Come unto me ye ablessed, for behold, your works have been the works of righteousness upon the face of the earth?


 19 I say unto you, can ye look up to God at that day with a pure heart and clean hands? I say unto you, can you look up, having the aimage of God engraven upon your countenances?


 26 And now behold, I say unto you, my brethren, if ye have experienced a achange of heart, and if ye have felt to sing the bsong of redeeming love, I would ask, ccan ye feel so now?

The chorus to a song written by Janice Kapp Perry titled, "His Image in Your Countenance" is:

Have you received his image in your countenance?
Does the light of Christ shine in your eyes?
Will He know you when He comes again because you shall be like Him,
When He sees you will the Father know His child?

I hope He knows me.