On Saturday Jon, Jessica and I went to the Payson Temple Open house. Because temples are such sacred buildings, normally only members of the church who have been interviewed by an ecclesiastical leader can go in them. However, when a new temple is built, before it is dedicated, they allow the public to come in and see it.
Since it was the last day of the open house and a Saturday afternoon and Memorial Day weekend, the
place was packed. I think we spend about an hour waiting in line to get into the building.
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See--look at Jessica waiting to get in!
It was well worth the wait, though! The place was like a palace! Something Jon and I whispered about as we walked through the halls was how no other buildings these days are built quite like temples are. Things in today's world are built to be so functional. Temples, however, are built to be beautiful. I love how the Payson Temple in particular had tons of apple-esc furniture and stained-glass windows because of the apple orchards in the area.
Visiting the temple open house was a great reminder of things that I need to be keeping in better perspective--Christ, family, heaven, eternity.
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