Visiting the temple on a regular basis can bring you great spiritual blessings. In recent years temples have been built all over the world, making it much easier to attend the temple. Whether you live three hours from a temple or thirty minutes from a temple, it is important to strive to attend the temple more often.
Look at the things that are standing in the way of attending the temple and decide what you can do to remove those obstacles. For example if you cannot find a babysitter, then you may opt to attend by yourself and have your spouse watch the kids. If the temple is three hours away you may take your family with you, and have your spouse entertain them at a local park as you attend a session, and then you swap places.
If your lack of attendance is a matter of not scheduling a time each month to go, then make a real effort to schedule time each month to go. If you write it down for a set day each month, then you are more likely to go. If you try to squeeze it in, then it will be more difficult to go.
Once you have committed to go, then go. Don’t let things get in the way of you actually attending the temple. Someone may get sick, a car may break down or the washing machine may decide to quit or you may have a horrible day at work, but none of these reasons are reasons not to go. Follow through with your set time if at all possible.
The blessings you receive at the temple are worth it. The added peace and reassurance are so important in helping you to make it through difficult times. The time at the temple will give you the opportunity to reflect on the truly important things in life. It will give you a chance to pray, and bring your life more into focus.
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