Prison - Temple, can it be?

I read this talk in the September issue of the Ensign this evening and was so deeply touched! This is one of the greatest talks I have ever read. I absolutely LOVE Elder Jeffrey R. Holland and on the great opportunity I had to actually meet him, an Apostle of the Lord, and shake his hand, I have never felt so much love and Christ like attributes coming from one I just met.

I know with all my heart he is a beloved Apostle and will never forget his smile at me like we knew each other for years, his warm and secure big hug, and the warmth and comfort I received from his hands clasped over mine, and the cute things he said to Jake and I. I needed this talk, as I have needed so many others this past difficult year. I testify with all my heart that I know the principle taught in this talk is the very truth, because I have lived it.

I have never felt more closer to my Father in Heaven and to my Savior Jesus Christ than in the past 13 plus months, the mosty difficult months of my life. Truly as it says below, "These difficult lessons teach us that man’s extremity is God’s opportunity, and if we will be humble and faithful, if we will be believing and not curse God for our problems, He can turn the unfair and inhumane and debilitating prisons of our lives into temples—or at least into a circumstance that can bring comfort and revelation, divine companionship and peace." Please read, click here.