Tonya and I attended the Provo temple last night and participated in a beautiful endowment session. There were four key points that stood out to me, I'll only discuss one of them here.
When the Father came down to help in the creation, he helped plant the garden and then they formed man and ultimately the crowning creation, woman. The earth was now ready and Adam and Eve condescended to introduce humanity to the earth.
As the Father introduced Adam and Eve into the garden, he instructed them by saying, "Be happy. Go to, dress this garden, take good care of it." Isn't that interesting?
Two things stand out from this direction:
1. One of the first things he tells them is to be happy! He wants us to be happy, to have joy on this earth. However, He also knows that as Alma stated in Alma 41:10 that, "wickedness never was happiness". If we repent, choose the better course, it will lead to happiness. Any type of sin will lead to sorrow and misery. If we are to have true happiness, we need to repent, pray to the Father in the name of His Son, and go out and DO (serve).
2. When he said dress this garden, take good care of it, I see in that instruction a clear direction for us to take care of our homes, dress them, and make them a refuge from the world. If we're to be like Adam and Eve in our sphere, then our homes should be clean, we should take care of them, we should have a place that is inviting to the spirit and angels. I also believe there is a deep satisfaction that comes from taking care of our homes and yard, there is something rewarding about dressing a garden (home and yard). It's one of the things that leads to happiness and puts us in an environment to be happy.
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