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I went to the Temple with my husband the other day and we did initiatory work for our family members. While sitting there waiting for my turn, I got to thinking about how we are to treat our bodies as a Temple.

When I go to the Temple, I like to take my time and look around at everything.. soak it in per say. A few things I noticed this last time… and have noticed before but are pertinent to this post are:

* There are things there that are not 100% perfect… some things have slight
discolorations, or surface marks from years of loving care/use
* Everything is clean
* Everything is in order
* Everything is done a certain way

These are things that we can use as guidelines for maintaining our own “Temples”. Many times we are hardest on ourselves when it comes to appearances and our health. We are our own worst critics.

As I was thinking of these things I thought to myself about how I CAN make sure that things in my life are clean… how things in my life CAN be in order… and how all of those things in my life do NOT have to be 100% PERFECT.

It is a hard thing to learn to love oneself. To be comfortable in our own skin, to be ok with that extra ten pounds we cant get rid of. To be understanding and accepting with our limitations and remember that despite it all… we are “the offspring of God clothed in mortal bodies.” By working hard to remember this and be this way... we can ensure that we are spiritually and physically prepared for whatever may come our way.

“It is a great privilege to have a body. We are the offspring of God clothed in mortal bodies. These bodies are not wholly our own to do with as we please. We have a responsibility to our temporal bodies” (Oscar W. McConkie Jr., The Priest in the Aaronic Priesthood [Salt Lake City: Corporation of the Presiding Bishop, 1964], p. 285).



As in my last post…I hope I got the point across that Physical Health can mean many different things, to many different people. Everything is based on the individuals beliefs, raising, and circumstances.

However… despite all the many differences, one thing remains solid, true and eternal. Our body is a Temple and should be treated as such to the best of our abilities. We honor our Father in Heaven when we do so.

1Cor. 3:16-17
16 Know ye not that ye are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

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