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| Provo Utah Temple |
My wife and I recently attended the temple for the first since Sam (Baby Thor) came into the world and began demanding a large portion of our attention. I didn't realize how much I missed being able to feel absolute peace. In the temple, the Spirit is present so tangibly. It was wonderful to be there with my wife and remember that God has welded us together for eternity, as long as we are obedient and faithful in keeping the commandments.
In other news, we have been accepted to four different PhD programs to continue my studies in chemistry. I am grateful for a wife that is willing to follow me wherever I end up going to grad school.
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| Henry B. Eyring's biography |
The prospect of making this decision has caused me to reflect, ponder, and ask for God's help in making this decision. The process of receiving God's will for you, or the process of receiving revelation, is very interesting. I was reading in Elder Henry B. Eyring's biography about how he received revelation and remembered a prerequisite to the revelatory process: you have to do your homework. Part of the reason we are here on earth is to learn how to make decisions and to see if we will make the right choices. If God told us everything we should do, we wouldn't learn anything. So, God instead confirms decisions that we've already made. That's why I don't think I'll know where to go for grad school until I've visited all of them and made a decision for myself.
And who knows, this might be a decision God wants me to make on my own. I just know he won't let me get too far without warning me before a big mistake. That gives me the same feeling of peace that I can feel in the temple.
