That time I didnt waste

For those who know me well, it will not come as a surprise that I am really bad when it comes to procrastination. I have spent Years perfecting the art of doing nothing for as long as possible, then doing everything all at once. I know quite a few people do the same. I have come to realize lately that though I am still working on doing things proactivly, there is a lot of time that I have not wasted in my life.

Just this week I got a text from a good friend asking if I was busy that evening because they were going to the temple. I thought of the homework I could be doing during that time and very quickly agreed to go. I ended up leaving my last class early, but could the professor really complain, I mean I was going to the temple, whats really important here! When we got to the temple, we were told that there would be almost a two hour wait before we even got to go get our baptismal whites. I have never been in a temple for so long while not participating in ordinances, and I loved every minute of it. I could have been doing so many things during that time and I was sitting there singing hymns, but none of it mattered as much as feeling the spirit of the lord in his house.

It is easy to forget when we are living so close to a temple just how big of a blessing that really is in our lives. I remember a wonderful woman that I taught on my mission who is as strong as a convert comes. She gave everything to join the church and it broke my heart knowing that she would not be able to save up the money needed to go to the temple in Lima to get out her endowment. Luckily they announced a temple in my mission and she will get to go to that once it is finished, but I guarantee that if she lived in Provo, she would be at the temple weekly, if not more often. The longer we have been members of the church, the easier it is to take for granted the influence of the spirit in our lives. I still remember what it was like, how big of a difference it made in my life to start living the gospel. I know that those same types of feelings have always come back once I started living it again after slipping up.

If there is anything you get out of this post, let it be this. WE are NEVER too busy for the gospel, NEVER too busy to stop and appreciate the beauty of life, NEVER too busy to help a child of God in need. We are never too busy to be able to follow the example of Christ, NEVER!!!