Dear Kids,
So your dad and I went to the temple tonight to do some sealings. It felt so great to be in the temple, but more than anything, the power of the people that we sealed was VERY tangible.
I have these moments when in my mind's eye... with my spiritual eyes, I can "see" things happening. It's hard to describe because it shows up in my mind like a picture, almost like when you sit and think of a memory. When you think of a memory about something a picture of it comes to your mind, the moment of everything, the feelings you experienced, the faces of the people there, the colors, the sounds, all the things. When I have these spiritual moments it is much the same.
I have these pictures come into my mind. And it happened tonight at the temple. We were sitting in the sealing room and I saw with my mind's eye that the ceiling of the sealing room was not there anymore and the angels and people on the other side were receiving their ordinances that we were performing. There wasn't someone "performing" the ordinance on the other side because the sealer was doing it here in the physical world, but there was someone almost above him that was recording it as he was going through the sealing ordinance. Then the people around were receiving the ordinance and when it was completed they hugged and were so happy, there were "audience members" watching them that were so excited for them and then they were able to move forward into a different place, I couldn't see where they were going from there, all I could see was what was happening while the ordinances were being performed.
When this moment happened I shook my head a bit because sometimes I've wondered if when that happens that I am making it up in my mind with my own imagination of how I want things to be. But then the spirit reminded me that, no, I wasn't making it up in my mind, that it was being given to me to see in my mind's eye. That is the way that I am able to "see" with my "spiritual eyes". It was beautiful!
Then your dad and I were able to go and do sealings for the "Cox" family, for a bunch of siblings. As soon as we started the sealer said the name of the first sibling then paused and went through and looked at all the cards and realized they were all siblings. He pointed that out and that in other situations, without Covid in the picture, they would have found enough temple workers so that we could do them all together. But with everything the way it is we would need to seal them one sibling at a time.
Well, when he paused and was looking at the cards I had SUCH a powerful impression about all the siblings being there and the whole family being there. The room was packed. And your dad mentioned that he very specifically felt that in life, while they were here living on the earth, that they were very strong siblings and had very strong connections. Then I had the impression that it was like the connections that I have with my siblings and I felt Shayla very strongly.
With everything single ordinance that was done for those siblings the spirit just kept getting stronger and stronger. It was amazing. that family was amazing! As soon as your dad and I got to the celestial room where we could sit and talk the FIRST thing we turned and said to each other was, "That Cox Family!!". It was powerful.
Tonight was very bucket filling and spiritually invigorating. I'm so grateful for moments like this and I want to make sure to not down play it at all. I want to remember that God has given me many gifts and He doesn't want me to squander them away, but I can take them very spiritually and faithfully, to remember them and to use the spiritual Mind's Eye experiences in order to help others around me to have the faith they need to keep going.
I love you kids. I love so much and I hope you can feel about each other like the Cox family feels about each other,
Your Mom
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