Entropy

In this realm where entropy rules, disuse is equal to disintegration. This rule applies to everything of this world, including our muscles, our minds, and our material possessions.

To Be Faithful

"Bless them with the power to be faithful to the covenants they make with Thee and with each other." —Henry B. Eyring, Idaho Falls Idaho Temple Rededicatory Prayer, June 9, 2017

Shorelines

Tremendous Significance

"I feel today in this great state, and all this vast territory, there is no building of such tremendous significance as will be the building we begin this day." —President Gordon B. Hinckley, at the groundbreaking of the Dallas Texas Temple, the first LDS Temple in Texas.

Water and Air

There is a whole lot of each on this planet...and both are vital to our being alive! There are people moving through both the water and the air in this photo (an airplane and a boat). Can you find them? This water and air are just outside Chicago, Illinois.

Monument to Eternal Love

The purpose of the temple is to extend the eternal love of God to all of his children, living and dead, through covenants and ordinances. The San Diego, California temple at twilight.

Leaving as the Lights Came On

After a brief but memorable visit to the historic and beautiful city of Boston, Massachusetts, I left just as the lights came on. :)

Intersection on a Winter Night

Top-down photo of an intersection on a winter night (last month). I love the perspective that aerial photography gives me!

Hayride

An autumn hayride through a pumpkin patch, from the air.

Land Use

I love the perspective from above! Land use: elementary school field, unused, construction site (will likely be a parking lot), and farmer's field.

Desert Sanctuary

This isn't the first sanctuary built in the desert. Over 3,000 years ago, the Lord declared to Moses, while in the desert, "And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them." — Exodus 25:8 The Phoenix Arizona LDS Temple.

No Longer Weatherproof

This old barn has definitely seen better days. I'd love to know its history.

Mud

Top to bottom: Dry mud, mud, wet mud. Shoreline of Utah Lake from above. This was taken from the same place that my last post was taken...just a different view.

A Beacon of Peace for Twenty Years

Twenty years ago, the Mount Timpanogos Temple was dedicated. From the dedicatory prayer: "May it be a beacon of peace and a refuge to the troubled. May it be an holy sanctuary to those whose burdens are heavy and who seek Thy consoling comfort." —President Gordon B. Hinckley

Planetary

Can you guess how I made this image?

Sanctity and Safety

"Let us go [to the temple] not only for our kindred dead, but let us also go for the personal blessing of temple worship, for the sanctity and safety which is provided within those hallowed and consecrated walls." —President Howard W. Hunter

The Mighty Perspective of Eternity

"Temple work … gives a wonderful opportunity for keeping alive our spiritual knowledge and strength. … The mighty perspective of eternity is unraveled before us in the holy temples; we see time from its infinite beginning to its endless end; and the drama of eternal life is unfolded before us. Then I see more clearly my place amidst the things of the universe, my place among the purposes of God; I am better able to place myself where I belong, and I am better able to value and to weigh, to separate and to organize the common, ordinary duties of my life, so that the little things shall not oppress me or take away my vision of the greater things that God has given us." — Elder John A. Widtsoe

Tens of Thousands

"To accomplish this work there will have to be not only one temple but thousands of them, and thousands and tens of thousands of men and women will go into those temples and officiate for people who have lived as far back as the Lord shall reveal." — Brigham Young

Places of Ordinances and Edification

"Today temples dot the earth as sacred places of ordinances and covenants, of edification, and of refuge from the storm. In temples, we receive the most important, most significant, and holiest of all the ordinances in our Church. I testify that it is worth every effort to receive the blessings of the temple." — David A. Bednar The beautiful Provo City Center Temple and grounds from above on a summer evening.

Red, White, and Blue

Where Two Horses Live

What you are able to see depends upon your altitude. There is a lesson in this simple reality.

A Fresh View of a Familiar Scene

I'm loving the fresh views of familiar scenes that I get from the air.

Temples Will Dot the Earth

"We expect to see the day when temples will dot the earth, each one a house of the Lord; each one built in the mountains of the lord; each one a sacred sanctuary to which Israel and the Gentiles shall gather to receive the blessings of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Perhaps they will number in the hundreds, or even in the thousands, before the Lord returns." — Bruce R. McConkie The Oquirrh Mountain Utah LDS Temple.

Sacred Duty

"For the temple is a house of God, A place of love and beauty. I'll prepare myself while I am young; This is my sacred duty." — "I Love To See The Temple" The Payson Utah LDS Temple from the air.