Learning Patience in Waiting on the Lord

Saturday has become one of the highlights of my week since I started back in September serving in the Mount Timpanogos Temple. The spirit there is so strong, and I go home feeling wonderful and at peace. This week was no exception, I think of all my blessings and while I am standing in one place for half hour shifts, and am more grateful for the opportunity to serve.

I call the waiting on the Lord and standing still my "serving the Lord" time. The day seemed to take on a longer assignment than usual. My assignment was stretched out about an hour longer than I am used to. My post was to stand at the top of the grand staircase on the upper floor.

The couples came out of the Celestial room walking hand in hand. The hour was getting late and near the end of the day. A couple came walking out that I knew. They stopped to greet me and we talked for about ten minutes, maybe more. It was the oldest son of Bob & Kay Stout, friends I knew in California when I joined the Church.

They (Rick & Shauna Stout) said they remembered me when I attended their wedding. They thought I was an "angel." They also said they had been thinking about me and were talking to each other about me last week. It is strange, but I thought of his parents as I walked in to the temple today too. We caught up on all the last several years and news about my family and theirs. He was only about six years old when I joined the church forty years ago. They said their oldest daughter just got married last year and they were going to be grandparents! I was amazed at how time flys.

Later, when I got dressed and ready to leave the temple I noticed I wasn't even tired. Even though the hour was late, 10:45, I still felt incredibly energized. It must be the blessing of serving the Lord, because it felt so good and I knew why. I appreciate that time to learn patience in the times to wait, think, ponder and pray during my shift. It must be the blessing of Peace and Being still.

I pray that my children and grandchildren will some day know the feelings of my heart what I know to be a servant of the Lord. His blessings are poured out upon me each day in great abundance beyond my comprehension.