“Becoming More Christlike through Temple Service,” Liahona, Oct. 2025, United States and Canada Section.
Becoming More Christlike through Temple Service
Here’s why I find it an honor to participate in temple ordinances.
Illustration by Andrea Cheung
Among my earliest memories is climbing onto a kitchen chair to watch my grandmother iron her temple clothes. When I asked why she went to the temple, she told me, “To learn about Jesus.” A warm feeling filled me. I knew I would someday enter the temple to learn about Jesus Christ as she did.
During my life, I have found the Savior’s love everywhere I look, if I am in tune with the Spirit. My humanness sometimes makes that a challenge. The temple has been a great way for me to focus so I can connect with the Savior.
When my husband and I were first married and in college, we went to the temple as often as possible. I look back on that time and am grateful the temple was part of our lives because we began to build a strong foundation “upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God” (Helaman 5:12).
Finding Peace
Trials come to all, and our family has been no exception. During those trials, we clung to the Savior and our temple covenants. We worshipped in the temple often and prayed fervently and found that the peace of God filled our “hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:7).
Trials can teach and refine us. But I also have found significant insight and developed strength of character through weekly service in the temple, year in and year out. My husband and I began to work in the Las Vegas Nevada Temple just after its dedication in 1989.
Continuous temple service has given focus to my life so I’m able to recognize the Holy Spirit more clearly when He speaks through thoughts and ideas.
I have bonded with temple workers. Women and men who truly are my brothers and sisters in Christ have become my family. Gratitude fills my heart.
As I stand near the temple exit to thank patrons for coming, their joyous smiles (and sometimes hugs) lift my spirits and fill me with peace. I feel the Savior’s love.
When a sister, with tears streaming down her face, tells me she is doing this ordinance for her grandmother, both of us feel Christ’s love bring heaven and earth into one. I am filled with unspeakable joy.
Often, a father and his son with special needs attend endowment sessions. As I watch them during the ceremony, the son squeezes his father’s arm when an image of the Savior appears on the screen. That young adult, even with limited capacity, has a testimony of the Savior, and his witness boosts my love of the Savior.
Solace in Temple Service
After my husband passed away, loneliness enveloped me. A heaviness pressed on my chest. Each time I served in the celestial room, I prayed to find solace. Little by little, grief lifted, and peace crept into my heart as I began to see a celestial view of life. I now find it a privilege to see couples holding hands, friends embracing, and families gathered in a circle, enjoying the Spirit. Because of the Savior’s Atonement and my covenants, I know the blessing of a forever family will be mine in eternity.
Serving in the temple has showered me with many gifts, but the greatest is having the privilege of acting on the Savior’s behalf as I participate in ordinances. What an honor to do so in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Temple service is the highlight of my week. When I am there, my heart overflows with joy.
I pray that we “may become the sons [and daughters] of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him, … that we may be purified even as he is pure” (Moroni 7:48). Temple service has brought me closer to this goal and increased my love for my precious Savior.
The author lives in Utah, USA.