Dear Family:
When Claudia, Angie and I attended Katie Larsen’s wedding in the Oquirrh Mountain Temple, the officiator’s comments were brief, spoken very softly, but memorable. Two specific things he recommended that Katie and Troy remember were “we are trying to live a Celestial life in a Telestial world” and “hold to the rod and each other.”
It seems to me that living by the second concept makes it possible to accomplish the first. We have been taught many times about “holding to the rod,” but this is the first time I had heard the concept of “holding to the rod and each other.” We are bound together as a family by the sealing power. Taking advantage of that eternal blessing, we should cling tightly to each other in our own little family units, and across the generations to our larger, extended eternal family. As we do that, empowered by the strength we receive from the iron rod – the Word of God – we will be able to enjoy the joy and peace of living Celestial Lives in a Telestial World.
Love,
Dad/Mark
