Korean Children’s Choir

When I was watching General Conference and the Korean children’s choir started singing “I Love to see the Temple” in a language I did not understand, something amazing hit me. 

I don’t know why this thought was spurred by this song from these children.

That feeling was this-

I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ. 

How blessed I am to not only be on this earth at a time when His church exists, but to be a member of that Church.  Jesus Christ’s Church.  His Church! 

As I listened to words I didn’t understand but music I could never misplace, and as the spirit filled me and tears filled my eyes, I realized something.

If I lived during a time when the Church of Jesus Christ did not exist on the earth, I would have forever lived my mortal existence with a hole in my spirit and my experience.  It occurred to me that if I lived in any other dispensation, I would have felt a distinct emptiness within me.  Maybe this realization happened at that moment because at that particular moment, I was so filled to the brim with a spiritual feeling that I’ve come to rely upon so heavily.

What a challenge it would have been to live in a world without the Gospel of Jesus Christ in its fullness.

We live in a difficult and challenging world.  But amidst that challenge I am a 30-minute drive from 3 different temples. 

How blessed I am.

I am so grateful to live today, with the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ fully present, and His Church in full force.

What would I have done without it?

Maybe God knew I could not endure that emptiness.  Maybe that’s why I’m here at this moment.

For whatever reason I am here now, today, I am grateful for it.  Grateful beyond measure.