“The submission of one’s will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God’s altar. The many other things we ‘give’ are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us.”
—Neal A. Maxwell
One evening after attending the temple, I looked back and saw what I was feeling: a light in an hour of darkness. What great joy and gratitude I have for such a wonderful blessing of the temple. It has brought so much peace, confidence and clarity in my life. It is that tree of life I look toward as I travel this path of life. It is the place I am reminded of how to turn my will over to Him.
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