I have always felt having my children look at and visit the temple often will inspire them to be married there one day.
On the 4th of July we visited Temple Square on a drive from Colorado to Utah to visit family. The kids saw the Temple spires from the freeway and said "Let's stop mom." And stop we did. We were blessed to hear Patriotic music coming from the Tabernacle and to have gorgeous flowers everywhere.
We live on an island in the middle of the Pacific with our nearest temple in the Philippines. We continuously pray for the Saints in Micronesia that one day soon they may enjoy the blessings and power from temple attendance from their very own Temple on Guam.
I had Brendan and Natalie climb the steps and touch the door so they could visualize themselves entering the temple
Afterwards I had them sit at the reflection pool and contemplate all it takes to be worthy to enter the Lord's house
And I reflected how blessed I am to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and to have been married in the Boise Temple 22 years ago. I also reflected how bright the future looks thinking about us as a Celestial Family. My mother's heart yearned with the righteous desire to be together for eternity, and I sent a prayer heavenward for the fulfillment of this goal and that one day we would all SEE our Savior in his hollowed house.
