So today my hubby had work off and once the kids were off to school and work we both decided it was time to go to the temple this week. I was super excited to go even though there was a huge storm coming. I told him lets hurry and get there before I start hurting to bad!
Once we got there it was really amazing! I opened the scriptures and found just what I needed to hear today. I also learned a great deal in the temple today about not worrying about our teens and their current challenges. I learned that we were sent here to this earth to be tried and tested and were given the agency to choose for ourselves. If we, as parents try to take away that agency then we are following satan's plan which does just that. We must allow our children the opportunity to use their free agency even if that means making wrong choices. I was reminded that this is how we grown and learn right from wrong, and good from bad. If we try to shelter our children we are not allowing them to learn the things the Lord wants them to learn.
Today in the temple my hubby and I were asked to be the witness couple. We had a couple sets of missionaries in our session. After the session was over, a couple of sister missionaries game over to us and told us they saw us in the session. They asked for a ride to the store. They told us they did not have a car and were so grateful they did not have to walk in the rain. We asked if we could take these sisters out to lunch, they agreed and once again they were so appreciative.
We had a great day talking with them and learning all about them. In fact, one of the sisters was a convert 2 years ago from the exact same area my husband served his mission in 27 years ago. They enjoyed talking about Florida tougher. The other sister missionary had bee trying to decided how to get into LDS Church Security after her mission. When she found out that was were my hubby worked she asked the in's and out's about it and was tickled pink to be able to have a direction to go in after her mission.
I believe we did not run into one another just out of luck or fate. We were meant to be there at the same time as these sisters, as they are not allowed to go to the temple but every 3 months on transfer day.
How thankful we were to be able to take these sweet missionaries out to lunch and share our testimonies with them and they with us. Plus, not to mention, the sweet peace and comfort we both received on behalf of our kids and knew as we put our trust in the Lord and his plan for each of them, they will make it through and learn what it is they are to learn from Him.
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