I Love to See the Temple

This weekend I had the opportunity to attend a young single adult church conference in Bellevue. It was held mainly at a church building behind the Seattle Temple, so a trip to the temple was, of course, a wonderful must!
The Seattle Temple is beautiful and on beautiful grounds, so I very much enjoy going there to do photographic experimentation. Many of the pictures I took--whether it was while taking the photo or after the fact--remind me of hymns and scriptures and quotes. So here are a few of my favorites, captions included. Enjoy!
P.S. These have not been edited.

"Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths..." ~Isaiah 2:3

Just a beautiful summer day at the Seattle Temple :)

"Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise"

It looks like a classic temple picture.

Just a picture I took that I thought turned out cool

 

"I Believe in Christ"

"Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing"

"We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.

"We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law." ~11th & 12th Articles of Faith

"Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken." ~Ecclesiastes 4:9-10,12

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." ~Proverbs 22:6

"The Morning Breaks"

Dates that the temple was built

"Teach Me to Walk in the Light"

This one also reminds me of "The Morning Breaks."

"Be ye holy; for I am holy." ~1 Peter 1:16

"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations..." ~Matthew 28:19

Again, reminds me of "The Morning Breaks"

 

A Brief History: One Nation, Under God

"But where, says some, is the King of America? I'll tell you. Friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind..." ~Thomas Paine
From Paine's pamphlet titled 'Common Sense,' published in January 1776, these words were some that inspired change, and less than five months later, the Second Continental Congress gathered to discuss independence from the motherland. On June 11, a committee of five was formed to draft the declaration, and on July 4, 1776, the written document, this Declaration of Independence of the United States, was approved and received its first two of 56 signatures.
It may not be the Declaration of Independence that gives us all our freedoms, but it was a start to being an independent nation. But let us remember on what--or whom, actually--this nation was built. This is "one nation, under God." 238 years later, let us remember this. Let us look to the Lord in all things and let His law govern our lives above all.

Happy Independence Day!