Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God. The family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children.
-The Family: A Proclamation to the World.
The scaffolding on the Salt Lake Temple helped restore the temple to its original beauty with more strength. It was there to help protect the House of the Lord—evidence of love and care for something sacred.
In our lives, the Lord offers scaffolding as well. Parents, good friends, teachers, leaders, commandments, covenants, and even seasons of correction and stretching—they are there to help us gain better access to the light and life that will bring us back to our heavenly home and safely reach our eternal destination.
We rejoice in Jesus Christ because He is the master builder. His grace is sufficient to refine, restore, repair, rebuild and bless your life now and forever.
I see that this intentionally dishonest meme is making the rounds again. It is a textbook example of pulling a quote out of its immediate and broader context to make it sound like something the person never said and never would have said. A short but instructive 🧵.
After going viral for talking about how the @BYU basketball team doesn't practice on Sundays, @byuwbb star @DelaneyGibb shares what it means to honor her faith in God this morning on @foxandfriends w/ @CarlyShimkus.
“It’s super cool being able to play for a university like BYU because I am able to represent something greater than myself - my Savior Jesus Christ - and being able to take Sundays off and use it as a day of worship and a day to re-center and re-focus my life on Christ is super special.”
“When you keep your temple covenants and remember them, you invite the companionship of the Holy Ghost to both strengthen and purify you.”
-Henry B. Eyring
Research keeps confirming something scripture already taught.
Fathers matter.
When dads are present:
crime drops
school performance rises
mental health improves
Turns out God knew what He was doing with families.
On this day in Church history:
March 20, 2016
The Prophet Dallin H. Oaks dedicates the Provo City Center Temple.
Then-Elder Oaks, who had previously served as President of BYU, was the first Apostle since Lorenzo Snow to dedicate a temple while serving as neither the President of the Quorum of the Twelve nor in the First Presidency (see photo 2).
The Provo City Center Temple was built from the charred remains of the Provo Tabernacle, which was badly damaged by fire in December of 2010 (see photo 3).
Although this was not the first time that a temple had been built from an existing structure it was truly a unique feat of architecture and engineering to build a new temple within the charred shell of a building that would ordinarily be slated for demolition.
In order to accommodate the needs of a 21st Century temple within the relatively tight envelope of a pioneer-era tabernacle, many of the non-ordinance rooms ended up being constructed underground.
To accomplish this, a one-of-a-kind series of stilts were constructed to suspend the brick exterior in midair while a basement was constructed beneath it. (see photo 4).
Today, the Provo City Center Temple stands as a testament to God’s love for His children and His ability to repair and renew even that which appears beyond all hope.