We had a great lesson on temples today in Relief Society. It's amazing the great sacrifices people go through to be able to go to a distant temple. Some people save up for years and spend their life savings and travel countless miles just to get to their nearest temple. Growing up we did not have a temple in New Mexico. We traveled once a year to the Mesa, AZ or Salt Lake, UT or Denver, CO temples. Mesa was the closest at about a 6 hours drive. Finally when I was in high school the Albuquerque temple was dedicated. It now took 15 min to get to the temple. I now live in Utah where we have MANY temples!!! I don't just have one but I have a plethora to choose from. So why is it so hard for us who live to close to go to the temple? Why are we not there so often? We are so blessed and I find myself saying that this week is just not convenient or next week it would be easier. So I put it off...I put my blessings off and the blessings of others off. When has going to the temple ever been easy? I don't really think it's supposed to be easy. The work done inside the temples is so important and Satan knows that. And that is why it is so hard for us to get there. Satan will do anything to keep us from the blessings that await us there. And sometimes all it takes for him to win is simple stuff, like not being convenient. I'm a firm believer that we should never say out loud that we are going to the temple. Satan can hear our words but he can not hear our thoughts. If we don't say it out loud we have better chances of getting there. Today I am recommitting myself (TJ too) to go to the temple frequently. I mean really, who doesn't want to leave this world for awhile and step inside a piece of heaven?