This Virtue Value Experience #3 was very personal. It was a thought provoking experience. I learned some important inner musings about myself.
The assignment was to:
Read Alma Chapter 5.
Make a list of the questions Alma asks. Answer the
questions for yourself, and make a list of the things
you can and will do to prepare yourself to be pure
and worthy to enter the temple and receive all the
blessings our Heavenly Father has promised His
beloved daughters.
Here is a list of some of the question in Alma Chapter 5 that jumped out of the page to me.
Have ye been spiritually been born of God?
Have ye received his image in your countenances?
Have ye experienced this might change in your hearts?
If ye have experienced a change of heart can you feel so now?
Do you look forward with an eye of faith?
Can you imagine the voice of the Lord, saying unto you, Come unto me?
As I asked myself these questions I was deeply moved in my soul. Could I say that I have the image of God in my countenance? I wanted to shout yes! But then I realize that I falter at times and do not have that shining light in my eyes. But I want to always live so I have the image of God in my countenance. I am so grateful the Lord is patient and forgiving. But most of the time I can stand tall and shout yes! I have experienced a change of heart. And yes! I have faith in God. I pray I will never stop striving to come unto Him.
Here are a few items I listed in my Virtue Journal about preparing to enter the Temple, the Lord’s House:
Keep my covenants with God. Strive to live worthy of the Lord’s spirit. Take time to listen and feel God’s presence. Let my light shine and choose goodness. Be humble, repent and change. Study, pray and listen.
Seattle Washington Temple
Where I entered for the first time over 27 years ago!
