previous to this day, gordon's grandma had expressed to us how much she loved her family. she told gordon and me how much each one of us meant to her. and how she wants nothing more than for each family member to join her someday in the temple. she said she wants "no empty seats" in heaven.
the older i get the more i realize how important family is. i, too, want no empty seats at my family table in heaven.
we have never forced our beliefs on our family members. gordon and i just do what we do. but our life is our religion. it is our way of life. we try our best live it each day. and we hope that our family members see the happiness that it brings to us. sometimes i worry that they only hear about the hardships we have regarding our callings. how time consuming and stressful they are. we have so many wonderful, spirit enhancing experiences too. there's nothing more special than watching someone "come back" to the gospel. watching inspiration take place when someone is called to serve in our ward that is not "active" yet they accepted the call to serve regardless. knowing how hard it must be for them to live their life in a way that is new to them. and knowing how hard opposing forces are working on them to give up. having a little less space on our church bench has been the most wonderful feeling i have ever felt. and many prayers are being said each day for these special souls. because there are no empty seats at our family table.
^^every post needs a photo...so this is us getting dinner after going to the temple with gordon's family^^
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