a house of hope

 

 

Let the anointing of thy ministers be sealed upon them with power from on high….

 

Every foundation stone that is laid for the Temple, and every Temple completed according to the order the Lord has revealed for His holy priesthood, lessens the power of Satan on the earth, and increases the power of God and Godliness, moves the heavens in mighty power in our behalf, invokes and call down upon us the blessing of the Eternal Gods, and those who reside in their presence.

 

George Q. Cannon

 

An endowment is a gift that provides continuing benefits to the receiver long after it is given.

 

The Lord describes the temple as His house, and a house where there are many blessings to be had.  It is a house of learning, a house of prayer, a house of glory, a house of order.  In it, we find increased protection in these last days before the coming of the Son of Man.  In it, we receive the ordinances and covenants that endow us with spiritual power and protection so needed in these perilous times in which we live.  It is where we bring ourselves into closer alignment with God.  It is a place of peace where we can put off the world and partake of the stillness that allows revelation to come more easily.

Because we find so many wonderful promises in the temple and the work done therein both for this life and the life to come and because hope is defined as trusting in the promises of the Lord,

I believe we can also rightly consider the temple to be a house of hope.

It is a place of refuge from the storms of life.

It brings enlightenment when we struggle in the darkness.

 It brings clarity when all around us in confusion.

It brings protection for us and our families in an increasingly dangerous world.

It is the place where we create eternal family units.

Truly there are many blessings of the temple promised for us in this life as well as for the life to come. As we turn our hearts to the Temple we will find needed strength to endure, needed help from a higher power to overcome doubt, discouragement, distress, depression, despair and needed divine help to be perfected.

 

Gerald N. Lund