Temple Experiences

I am so grateful to have a temple close to my home.  Friday is the only weekday that the temple is open during the day.  So I try to go every Friday morning.  Everyone knows that I go that day, so they don't invite me to do things on Friday or else they ask if they can go with me to the temple.  I love to have people go with me.  But, one Friday morning, I was at the temple alone.  I had a lot to do that day so I just went up for a sealing session by myself.  What a wonderful experience I had that day.  I felt the Spirit strongly in the temple.  I felt Heavenly Father again remind me that He had taken Erin home and that there was nothing more we could have done for her.  The most amazing part was when I went up to the altar to be a proxy for a wife to be sealed to her husband.  I had the strong feeling that Erin was with her eternal companion already and that she is happier than I can even comprehend.

That week, I had listened to Elder Wirthlin's talk, "Come What May and Love it" at least a half dozen  times.  I loved the part about the principle of compensation.  He states, "The Lord compensates the faithful for every loss.  That which is taken away from those who love the Lord will be added unto them in His own way.  While it may not come at the time we desire, the faithful will know that every tear today will eventually be returned a hundredfold with tears of rejoicing and gratitude."  When I listened to that talk, I thought about my tears being compensated.  I didn't even think about Erin's tears being compensated right now.  I think that is why I felt in the temple that day that Erin is happier than I can even comprehend.  So yes, I miss Erin.  But I would never choose to have her back right now.  She is now being compensated for all the wrongs that had been done to her at such a tender age.  What a blessing to me to have that knowledge.  What a blessing to have faith in Heavenly Father's plan.