Temple

Oh ye place of beauty and wonder.

Your majesty is as vast as the starry sky.
Your towering walls shimmer against the noon day sun and glow in the evening twilight, as a grand vestige, an ever present symbol of light and truth. A glorious union of ancient awe and wonder, coupled with modern and divine revelation, from He that stands at the helm of these great and marveling works of human craftsmanship. Built and assembled to bring back that which once was. Managed and maintained to bring forth all that is to come.

Your peace consumes the very threads and fibers of the soul, awakening and illuminating it as from a deep slumber. The love in which you house cannot be described but through the base and colorless words of humanity. Feelings that pen cannot write nor tongue express with enough eloquence, a feeling in which science cannot reproduce, nor theory calculate. That love which is as pure as the first snow, that love which is as definite as the billowing white clouds which drift across the clear blue sky above. Ever present, but seldom within reach. To be in the temple, is to walk amongst the clouds, leaving the world behind and entering a place of higher learning and grandeur that cannot be experienced anywhere else upon the face of the earth. Elevating the mind and soul to heights unchartered. Opening the floodgates of contemplation and thought, understanding and truth.

All may enter. All may experience. All may see and feel of its beauty and truth. But all must prepare to enter in at its gate, for narrow is its pathway and few there will be that pass underneath its steady doors. Without this preparation one would simply overlook and pass by the simplistic and yet profound truths which are found within the sacred walls of the temple.You first must learn and grow. Gaining knowledge and understanding, Then how those deep and everlasting principals will seep into your soul and cause you to awaken from the sleep of mortality and feel the closeness of Heaven. Then you will be capable of experiencing its divine and connected love. Preparing yourself to meet the God of the Heavens and the Earth, and feeling of that eternal love and bond in which he has for all of his children.

-Brett Smith, April, 2010
Inspired after attending the open house of the LDS Temple in Vancouver BC.

Happiness, Peace and Simplicity

Lost and alone, frightened and scared... All of life's obstacles can in no way be bared.

Empty and dark are the feeling within, lost and afraid I know not where to begin.

I've thought and I've searched, asked questions galore... Oh where are the answers I've been searching for.

I've clicked and I've read and I've sought them all out, yet no one can tell me what I'm going without.

What do I crave and long to achieve? 

Happiness... Peace ... and Simplicity.

But how do I find them these things that are most dear? I've searched all alone... even up to this present year.

But one thing I've forgotten from almost the very start... A humble sincere prayer coming straight from the heart.

As I began telling my souls deepest desires, almost immedietly I felt the warmth of a fire.

Happiness and joy overcame my whole being, I felt as though my body had just begun beaming.

Then a still small voice was carried on the air, so soft and gentle as the strand  of a hair.

"Happiness Love and Peace you've been seeking to know... Just soften your heart, be kind, and the Love that is within you will grow.

Like a seed it will sprout at first small but steady, over-time growing bigger and stronger as you are ready.

My dearest child, I've always been near, never has your cry not penetrated my ear.

I've watched and I've waited and had Angels at your side, For this time where you could listen and with me abide.

I love you my Son (Daughter), these things you must know.... -With true Love and Service your Happiness will grow.

- Give unto others always an increase, in this my child you will always have peace.

- Treat all manor of life with extreme Fragility, and there will you find your Simplicity.

Your Love should be constant and flowing as a creek, and always remember to turn the other cheek.

Endure all things that come in your way... And by my side you shall always stay."

-Brett Smith '09

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