Standing in Holy Places

This past week I was talking with our children about the value of VIRTUE. Sis. Elaine Dalton gave an incredible talk on this.

She says: "This is a magnificent time to be on the earth and to be a young woman. Our vision remains the same. It is to be worthy to make and keep sacred covenants and receive the ordinances of the temple. This is our superlative goal! And so we will continue to lead the world in a return to virtue—a return to chastity and moral purity. We will continue to do all we can to help each other “stand … in holy places” and receive, recognize, and rely on the Holy Ghost."

I had read another talk by Sis. Dalton just a few days earlier. AWESOME!

Virtue and modesty are synonomous. As I pondered over modesty and all the why's of being modest, this scripture came to mind:

"Wherefore, stand ye in holy places, and be not moved, until the day of the Lord come; for behold, it cometh quickly, saith the Lord. Amen." (D&C 87:8)

Hmmm. Temple. Which led to the thought:

"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?" (1 Cor. 6:19)

So, I think maybe standing in Holy places does not just mean our homes, the church, the temple, but it very much includes our own physical bodies. WOW! And in this, virtue and modesty are paramount.