We will have trials and challenges.

As we go to the temples,

as we remember the covenants we make there.

We will be better to be able to overcome those temptations and to bear our trials.

In the temple we can find peace.

The temple is the House of the Lord.

The basis for every temple ordinance and covenant,

the heart of the Plan of Salvation,

is the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

Every activity, every lesson, all we do in the Church point to the Lord and His Holy house.

As we attend the temple there can come to

us a dimension of spirituality and feeling of peace that will transcend any other feeling

that can come to the human heart. We will grasp the true meaning of the words of the

Savior, when he said "Peace I leave with you, my peace i give unto you"

We all know there is no more peaceful place on this earth than in the temples of God.

Don't let anyone or anything prevent you from being there.

The location of a temple is not a convenient geographical decision. It comes by revelation

from the Lord to his Prophet, signifying a great work to be done and acknowledging the

righteousness of the saints who will treasure and care for His house for generations.

As i think of temples my thoughts turn to the many blessings we receive therein. as

we enter through the doors of the temple, we leave behind the distractions and confusion

of the world. Inside this sacred sanctuary we find beauty and order and rest for our

souls and rest from the cares of our lives.

Each holy temple stands as a symbol of our

membership in the church, as our sign of our faith and life after death, and as a sacred

step toward eternal glory for us and our families. The high standards of temple building employed

by this church are a type and even a symbol of how we should be living our own lives.

The Lord has counseled "and inasmuch as my people build a house unto me in the name of

the Lord, my glory shall rest upon them, Yea and my presence shall be there for i will

come into it and all the pure in heart that shall come into it shall see God.

I believe that marriage and families ties can continue beyond the grave and marriage

performed by those with proper authority in His temples will continue to be valid in the

world to come. Our marriage ceremonies eliminate the words

"till death do you part" and instead say