"Sweet is the Peace"

Over the past couple of days I have been really antsy, ready for change. It's like I am too anxious inside to do anything but I feel even more anxious not doing anything! I'm feeling more than ready to head back to Utah and at the same time hesitant to go because it is my last semester at BYU and that comes with mixed emotions. I love my family dearly but sometimes there is so much petty bickering and complaining that I want to scream! Anyway, as you can tell, I have not been at peace for the last week or so. But today was different. "Why?" you may ask. The best response I can come up with is

"Sweet is the peace the gospel brings
To seeking minds and true.
With light refulgent on its wings,
It clears the human view" (LDS Hymn #14)

Today my mom and I went to the Temple. I haven't been in two months! I can't believe that I live so close to a temple and yet I hadn't taken the time to go. What a blessing it was to be there. It was exactly what my anxious soul needed. There was immediate peace when I walked in that building. I was only there for an hour, but sitting in that sacred place without any pressures from the outside world was incredible. They always have quite hymns playing in the background and the words of those hymns kept flowing into my mind, each bringing me greater peace and calming my worried heart. It did "clear my human view." Right now my temple experience is limited, but I cannot wait for the day when I can receive all the blessings from the temple and feel that even greater peace.