Today I read 1 Kings 5 where Solomon makes a trade agreement with Hiram for timber to build a temple. It must have been a very pleasing experience for Solomon to get permission from God to build a temple for his people. I imagine it was a similar experience to when President Hinckley received the revelation to build small temples. That was very exciting news and I imagine President Hinckley was just bursting at the seams to tell the good news to the Saints.
Temples are perhaps the most wonderful thing in all of creation. To have a place where Satan's influence cannot penetrate and where saving ordinances can be performed for those who have passed on it nothing short of remarkable. Growing up in the church I took it for granted and always knew about the temple, but I can only imagine the wonder someone must feel when they find out about temples for the very first time. Just like Solomon does in this chapter, only the finest materials are used in temple construction, this is of course out of reverence for Heavenly Father, for it is His house. When you walk inside of one and feel all your cares and worries just melt away, it is truly wonderful. I wish everyone in the entire world could feel that peace. Maybe someday they will, in the Millennium. Until tomorrow.
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