{"id":10111,"date":"2016-03-09T14:57:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T21:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speeches.byu.edu\/?p=10111"},"modified":"2023-11-17T14:50:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T21:50:52","slug":"temple-covenants-eternal-blessings","status":"publish","type":"blog_post","link":"https:\/\/speeches.byu.edu\/posts\/temple-covenants-eternal-blessings\/","title":{"rendered":"Temple Covenants, Eternal Blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"
Those temple trips were one of my fondest childhood traditions. On select Friday nights, my parents would pile us four kids into our trusty Volvo station wagon, suitcases packed and snacks stashed, and we would drive several hours from our home in Wisconsin to Glenview, Illinois. Of course, at the time I mostly loved going because it meant eating at TGI Fridays, splashing with my siblings at the Marriott swimming pool, and leaping from bed to bed in the hotel room\u2014things that certainly didn\u2019t happen at home.<\/p>\n
But it was more than a family vacation. I remember the special feeling\u2014that anticipation\u2014of spotting the angel Moroni as we drew nearer to the city late in the evening. \u201cLook everyone, there\u2019s the angel Moroni!\u201d my mother would say. Because we were too young to babysit ourselves, one parent would attend the temple that evening and the other would dutifully arise early the next morning and participate in an endowment session before we even awoke.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t imagine that it was easy or convenient for my parents to attend the temple when it was several hours away and they had a herd of little kids in tow. But I\u2019ll always remember their example. It\u2019s become a poignant reminder to me of the importance of keeping temple covenants, and I\u2019m grateful.<\/p>\n