Cars, Temples and All

I love this picture!!!!

This past weekend I was supposed to be going to a dance up in Richardson which up by Dallas but about halfway there in Centerville my car started acting up. UGH! My car which has for the most part been a great car has recently been living up to its reputation as a ford. Fix Or Repair Daily. About two or so months ago I had to completely replace the transmission, before that is was a series of tire problem and before that is was alternator and battery problems. So we never made it to the dance. Pinkie's dad came and picked us and the car up and brought us back towing my car to the mechanics. We then changed plans and went to see a free performance of The King and I at Miller Outdoor Theatre. It was awesome and a very fun night.
Sunday was Easter and my Home and Visiting teachers came and got me for church and invited me to Easter dinner with them. We had Brisket! YUM! I was managing the weekend by just going one day to the next letting rides and all happen as they did. Tried not to worry about what was going on with the car did a pretty good job of it too. Until Monday that is! Monday I fell apart! I cried most of the day and when I was not crying I was on the verge of it. I was absolutely a wreck! But cool things did happen Monday. I was taken to work by one person, another drove me around at lunch to run errands, another took me up to church for family home evening with the singles, another took me to my hometeachers house and my home teacher took me home. Heavenly Father blessed me with people who love or at least care about me to provide all those rides with out it being a major orchestration to figure out. I went to my home teachers house to get a bit of counsel and a blessing of comfort so that I could quiet my mind and not be such a wreck. While we were talking they invited me to join them for a day at the temple in Houston today. While it was short notice for my boss he was willing to let me take the day off so today I got to relax a bit in the morning and get some laundry done and some house cleaning done while getting ready for the temple. The temple was awesome! As always it is but today because I was there all day and not just a couple of hours I was able to drink in the Spirit, have time stop for me for a bit and be uplifted and comforted on a level that just is not possible outside the walls of the temple. It really is a spiritual tune up. And I need to make sure I get to do it more often. In the peace of the temple your mind quiets and inspiration takes over. One of the things I had to do for my counseling was come up with my place of peace which was to be some place that when EMDR was finishing up I could go in my mind and feel safe and at peace. My place is the Houston Temple, today I realized I need it to be a priority to actually go there not just when I feel I need to but as often as I can and I need to make it a priority not a if I can. When the closest temple was up in Dallas you had no choice but to plan a day long trip to go but it is harder it seems to justify going all day here because you can just go for a couple of hours when you are down there...at least it is harder for me. Must work on that. Anyway going to the temple was just what I needed to renew my strength spiritually and emotionally.